A good way to prevent data contamination is to set up a categorical, tiered system to aid in tracking data through the complete process and to an eventual end goal, with constant and consistent monitoring to make sure the data stays on track and setting outcomes to be measured in intervals. These interval periods are […]
May 13, 2019
Since the 80s or 90s, computers have grown in importance not just in a personal sense but in a business one as well. While technology has made life easier, it’s still powered by man (for now!) and therefore is not entirely infallible. You simply can’t trust your insights when you can’t trust the inputs. How […]
May 10, 2019
As the world is turning digital, warfare is following suit in a very rapid and devastating way. Countless organizations in all sectors (Target, Equifax, DNC, IRS) are continuously reporting data hacks. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), federal civilian agencies reported 35,277 cybersecurity incidents, such as web-based attacks, phishing and loss or theft of […]
April 29, 2019
On March 28, 2019 District of Columbia’s Judge John Bates made a decision to dismiss the US Labor Department’s association health plan (AHP) rule. The AHP rule allows small businesses the affordability to pool together and provide health plans for employees in a competitive landscape. Judge Bates, however, saw the rule as an initiative to […]
April 1, 2019
In September 2017, Equifax announced that the information of 143 million of Americans had been hacked. This was just one of the latest companies to be compromised, joining Yahoo’s 1 billion accounts, JPMorgan’s 83 million accounts, and Target’s 40 million accounts hacked, among others. What made this hack very concerning was the fact that Equifax […]
March 5, 2019