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7 Basic Grammar Mistakes That Make Customers Cringe

4 Practices That Keep a Life Crisis From Creating a Business Crisis

Nurture relationships and practice equanimity while life is calm and you will be prepared to navigate a personal trauma that could upend your business.

One step closer to a fiduciary duty for broker-dealers?

More than two years after an SEC Staff study recommended adoption of a uniform fiduciary standard for broker-dealers and investment advisers, the SEC…

The Benefits of Unified Threat Management and Managed Security Services

Increased accessibility to cross-platform data sharing and ever-changing and increasingly malicious threats make Managed Security Services a necessity for businesses today.

Key Benefits to Using an Outsourced IT Security Services Provider

Small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) may wonder just how much time and money they need to invest in business continuity and disaster recovery. Especially when headlines so often focus on the breaches affecting large enterprises. In fact, malicious attacks are often conducted against smaller businesses because hackers see them as low-hanging fruit or as a gateway to the bigger enterprises those businesses work alongside. For many…

Broker Dealers Increase Enterprise Value

Insurance Technologies delivers Broker dealer sales tools and broker dealer software as well as financial advisor sales software.

Do I Need Managed Security Services?

Cybercrime costs the U.S. economy about $100 billion each year, and that number is consistently rising. With so much awareness and effort being directed towards the rise in cyberthreats, why does it seem like the situation is only getting worse? Most experts agree that there are three main facto ...

When Do Managed Security Services Make Sense?

The importance of protecting sensitive data is gaining visibility at the C-level and the Boardroom. It’s a difficult task, made even more so by the shortage of security experts. One option that more and more companies are pursuing is the use of managed se...

The Challenge of Security Services in the Internet of Things

The first thing to think about in the nature of Internet of Things security is that you have to recognize this is not “one and done.” The fight to secure...

Independent Advisors Choose Independent Broker-Dealer Money Concepts

Independent Broker-Dealer Money Concepts offers full ownership to a financial planning and wealth management business for independent financial advisors

5 Steps to Passing Your Broker Dealer Exams

Investment bankers have to sit for broker dealer exams before receiving licenses. Here are five tips to help you pass your exams

5 steps for independent advisers considering a broker-dealer transition in a post-DOL environment

Many advisers dissatisfied with their current broker-dealer and anxious about how well they are positioned in a post-DOL landscape are still hesitant to make a move.

What Exactly Happens When You Place An Order Through A Broker-Dealer?

In a world of algorithmic trading and high-frequency traders who can make hundreds of trades per second, it’s easy to take for granted just how easy placing an order has...

What are the growth drivers for security services?

The sector is recession-proof — industries need to be safeguarded even in a downturn

Why Managed Security Services?

Managed security services are becoming an increasingly popular option for increasing the value brought by security solutions while reducing IT complexity.

To attract advisers, broker-dealers need to find a value proposition that stands out

Small firms look to flexibility, succession planning and culture as key differentiators in recruiting.

Top IT Security Concerns: What Trends Are Driving Shifts In Managed IT Security Services

Top IT Security Concerns: What Trends Are Driving Shifts In Managed IT Security Services

Intensifying Need to Upgrade Cybersecurity Practices Drives Double-Digit Growth in Professional...

Demand for professional security services is increasing as organizations recognize an intensifying need to upgrade their security practices and improve their risk management capabilities. Incremental improvements on the status quo, mere band-aids, are inadequate. Additionally, the unexpected can occur, such as a data breach, and providers of professional security services assist victimized organizations in managing through the crisis.

Is Your Security Service Strategy Hurting Your Business?

Business priorities today are so focused around cutting overhead and expenses that they have lost sight of the bigger picture of protecting their people, property, business assets and “brand.”