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The demand for cybersecurity will be significant in the next few years. Cybersecurity Ventures forecasts that approximately 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs will be available by 2025.

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counts these jobs to be some of the well-paid. Information security analysts, for example, could earn over $100,000 a year.

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“ Around 40% of ethical hackers recently surveyed by the SANS Institute said they can break into most environments they test, if not all. Nearly 60% said they need five hours or less to break into a corporate environment once they identify a weakness.

The SANS ethical hacking survey, done in partnership with security firm Bishop Fox, is the first of its kind and collected responses from over 300 ethical hackers working in different roles inside organizations, with different levels of experience and specializations in different areas of information security. The survey revealed that on average, hackers would need five hours for each step of an attack chain: reconnaissance, exploitation, privilege escalation and data exfiltration, with an end-to-end attack taking less than 24 hours.”

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Almost every small business owner and manager would agree that cybersecurity is necessary to protect their company in today’s environment. The number and type of cyberattacks continue to increase, leaving many exposed to ever-evolving, complicated threats. Unfortunately, small businesses have become a favorite target of cyber criminals because of their limited resources available to implement needed safeguards.

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Epic Fab Girl founder Candace Junée held the Go-Getter Conference last weekend in Chicago. The go-getters came, saw, and learned valuable tools about how to add to their businesses’ glow.

The Go-Getter Conference was born out of Junée’s desire to motivate more women to fearlessly pursue their purpose. Over the years, it’s transitioned into a faith-based platform for Christian women entrepreneurs to build, grow, and monetize their businesses.

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*Letitia Hanke has been on an entrepreneurial mission that few African American women have experienced in an industry overwhelmingly dominated by white males. As founder and CEO of Alternative Roofing Solutions (ARS Roofing), a Santa Rosa, California-based business, Hanke gives steady leadership to her company’s diverse workforce of 24 to provide excellent roofing and gutter services to commercial and residential clients across Sonoma and Marin counties – and beyond.

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MORRISVILLE – A few weeks ago, I wrote on the importance of leveling the playing field, for minority and disadvantaged businesses.   Increasing their fair share of government procurement contracts is a great way to achieve that goal.   Remember, last year, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its strategy for increasing the share of federal procurement dollars that go to socially disadvantaged businesses by 50% by 2025 and to increase the number of set aside contracts for minority firms.

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The government contracting field is famously known for its giant industry players in different sectors like healthcare, defense, construction, and IT. With successful conglomerates dominating the field, it comes as no surprise that small businesses are getting more inspired than ever to try out their hand in government contracting.

As one of the biggest spenders in the country, the United States government remains one of the prime clients any small business can have the fortune to work with. But before you can start staking your claim for government contracts, here are the things you need to know first!

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Human resource management can be daunting for small businesses. The Ascent goes through six tips to help your small business get started with human resource management.

We all know what the Human Resources (HR) department is, but do we know what it actually does? Or more to the point, what it should be doing?

Small businesses often feel overwhelmed with the complexities of human resource or human capital management. It’s difficult to know how and when to implement new facets of human resource management. And harder yet, how to make their implementation a success.

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