Laura Haight

The Internet is a dichotomy of services and connections we have come to depend on, wrapped up in consequences or conditions we distrust.

It is easy to forget the record snowfall, treacherous roads and shuttered businesses of just a few weeks ago, be relieved it wasn’t worse and go back to business as usual. But why not take the opportunity to review what worked and what didn’t and how prepared you might be for an event that could take a bigger bite out of your business?

You’ve got 60 days from today to get Windows XP off your PC.

The U.S. is one of the last industrialized countries to move to the EMV standard. But that is about to change: The major card issuers have all joined forces and set up road maps for migration to the EMV technology by October 2015.

Many businesses cling to an old-school metric that warns about “giving away” information for free. Those days are over.

Today, 56 percent of all American adults have smartphones and another 36 percent have tablets. It may be the fastest adaptation to a new paradigm in modern history.

You can argue about whether tablets are work tools, but there’s no better way to read.

If there's a mobile device on your list, here are some suggestions for being a less-stressed Santa.

For the past couple of weeks, we’ve talked about securing your personal and business data – customer information, bank account information, company files and databases. But what about your website? What if it gets hacked?

Last week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released its draft of a national framework for cybersecurity. Boring, right? And therein lies the problem at the core of our biggest vulnerability: ourselves.