How To Lock a PDF: What You Need To Know About Password Security
Locking a PDF from editing, printing, and more takes just a few seconds. Learn how to lock a PDF on both Microsoft and Mac devices here.
Effective Acquisition Strategies: What Works, What Doesn’t Today
While not all M&As are successful, understanding modern acquisition strategies can help businesses better predict outcomes.
How to Pick the Right FINRA-Approved Cloud Storage Solution
Finding a FINRA- approved cloud storage solution is relatively easy, but you won’t find it on free cloud platforms. Here’s what to know.
How Much Should a Virtual Data Room Cost?
Comparing one VDR plan to another can be confusing, even for an expert. To better understand virtual data room pricing, it’s best to look at which features you need and then to see how different companies provide, or don’t provide, these features.
Crucial Document Security Best Practices
Cybersecurity breaches have become all too common. Incidents of malware, ransomware, trojans and phishing have all spiked at unprecedented rates, with attacks becoming more sophisticated, more coordinated and, when they strike, more devastating to companies than ever before. The security of your most important digital documents should be the last bastion in any organization’s…
Private vs. Public Cloud Storage: What to Know to Keep Your Company’s Data Safe
With cloud storage becoming the standard in file storage and the uptick of cyberattacks in the last year or so, a debate is now emerging between using a public cloud, a private cloud or even a hybrid cloud, which combines both. Most of this is, of course, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with record numbers…
Is Encryption Enough? How to Send a Secure Email
Considering the constant exposure we have to email-based security breaches, like spoofing, phishing, malware and ransomware attacks, you might think that email encryption has become a standard implementation for most companies and email platforms — well, think again. Most platforms today do support encryption, but it’s up to you — or your system admin —…
Understanding the Technical Due Diligence Process During M&A Deals
by David Weedmark Due diligence is the process of verifying, investigating or auditing a potential investment opportunity to confirm that the investor or buyer has all of the relevant information needed. This is done before the deal closes and, if it’s not done right, may terminate the deal. The Role of Due Diligence in…
How to Add Watermarks to Protect Sensitive and Proprietary Documents
Watermarks are an important security measure to mark a document without obscuring its contents. The use of watermarks dates back to the 13th century, when paper was pressed with a metal stamp while it was still wet, leaving a permanent mark on the paper. Regardless of what was printed on the document, holding the paper…
Shared a Document With a Third Party? Here’s how to Track it.
Sharing important documents is an act of trust that can have catastrophic consequences for you and your business if it’s not done properly. An unsecured document, or a document shared with the wrong person, can expose you to risks that may not become evident for years after the original transaction has been completed. But…