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Web Design Insurance Defends Freelancers from Lawsuits
As a web designer, you know a lot of work goes into making an attractive, secure, and functional web site for clients. Unfortunately, the intricate, multi-layered nature of your work also means you’re...
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Technology Errors & Omissions: Google’s on the Ball
If you use Google, you’ve probably noticed the blue dialog bar that’s been appearing on the search engine’s home page announcing updates to its Terms of Service. One of the most significant changes...
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What Developers Can Learn from Obamacare's Website Problems
The recent struggles of HealthCare.gov’s insurance exchanges highlight important liability concerns for web developers and IT professionals.To better understand the liabilities web developers face,...
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How to Get E&O For Less: Insurance Tips for Tech Businesses
Many business contracts require you to purchase Information Technology E&O Insurance, but before you sign up, let's take a look at the ways you can reduce the cost of that insurance.Identify Your...
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Data Leaks: 3 Questions Every IT Professional Needs to Know
They go by many names – data leaks, data breaches, identity thefts, cyber attacks – and just as many security measures IT professionals can put in place to protect their customer data and the financial...
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Common Risks for IT Project Risk Managers Part 1: Financial Exposures
While you may think you're unlikely to be sued, the reality is that more than half of all lawsuits target small businesses. As an IT project manager, you need to prepare for possible lawsuits, work to...
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Software Testing for Legal Compliance
One risk in software development is failure to comply with accessibility standards. Laws and industry regulations can require IT businesses to make software and web services accessible to handicapped...
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IT Risk Management Strategy: Deadlines and Software Testing
Sticking to deadlines and meeting software-testing milestones are important for software developers who want to limit their liability and prevent lawsuits. In this article, we'll answer the following...
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What Google and Twitter Can Teach Us about Testing Software for Security
Any software or web app can have security vulnerabilities – just ask Google, which recently announced it had fixed a bug that allowed hackers to steal passwords from Google accounts.The bug was...
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Verification & Validation to Avoid E&O Claims
People sometimes use the words verification and validation interchangeably (and often abbreviate them to V&V), but while they can both help you avoid errors and omissions lawsuits, there are key...
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Common Risks for IT Project Managers Part 3: Reputational Risks
Chances are, you’ve made a purchase, tried a new restaurant, or visited a new venue because of a recommendation from a friend or family member. You know who you can trust, and you rely on these people...
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Data Breach Response Guide
This year, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there have been more than 500 data breaches reported at U.S. companies, resulting in more than 15 million stolen records.If you look through...
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Email E&O Disclaimers: Do They Mean Anything?
You've probably received countless emails that have a disclaimer at the bottom saying something along the lines of "this email and contents are intended only for the recipient" or "contents of this...
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How to Avoid Errors and Omissions Lawsuits
With the Chamber of Commerce estimating that small businesses pay more than 80% of expenses associated with business lawsuits, it's important for IT professionals to develop a plan to minimize their...
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Website E&O Disclaimers: Can They Protect You?
In order to protect themselves from E&O lawsuits from online users, many companies post legal agreements on their website, such as…Terms of Use Agreements (also called Terms and Conditions...
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Should You Add an Errors and Omissions Clause to Contracts?
Any time you start working on a new project, you should sign a contract with your client. You may be wondering, how do these contracts protect me? Good question. In order for a contract to protect your...
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What to Do if You’re Sued: A Practical Guide
Every IT consultant and network admin worries about being sued. Lawsuits are the "boogieman" of the business world, but like many of the things we fear, they are not very well understood by people...
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How Much Is E and O Insurance Worth?
Professional Liability Insurance (also called E&O Insurance) can potentially save IT businesses millions of dollars in legal fees. Take, for example, this lawsuit about to go to trial:The state of...
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How to Fit Business Insurance into Your 2014 Budget
As the New Year approaches, small-business owners return to their spreadsheets to look over their budgets and figure out what financial changes they'll make for the new fiscal year. You’ll likely ask...
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A New Holiday Tradition: 12 Days of Risk-mas
Everyone knows the holiday song "12 days of Christmas," but reports about the prevalence of data breaches over Christmas inspired us to rewrite the classic carol and give it a contemporary twist. Read...
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