By Alexander Chamandy, ​Envescent

Businesses are adapting to a new world, where working remotely is a necessity for safety and continuing to stay productive. Remote work has major implications for security, both because home networks and systems tend to be less secure, and because the threats targeting remote workers are significantly on the rise.
 
In the last couple of months, since the coronavirus pandemic began to hit, we’ve observed, and other researchers have documented, a 667% increase in attacks. These attacks include phishing, malware, remote hacking efforts and related threats.

By David Griffin, ​Griffin & Co. Marketing, LLC

A large majority of bloggers publish content to help with their Search Engine Optimization (SEO), which can be a tricky thing. For starters, search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com, AOL, DuckDuckGo and more are constantly changing their algorithms - and those algorithms are what match people's queries to your content. 
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In addition, it seems like everyone is blogging and yours will just get lost in the mix. It can be overwhelming - in fact, some blogs tell you not to even try. Visit sites like Worldometers and you can see that over 4.5 millions blogs are published daily worldwide. Here's the catch, though, how many of those blogs are geared toward your target audience? How many of those articles have to do with what you are selling? Are they even in the same location as your business?

By Dr. Annie DePasquale, ​Family Doc Annie - Weight Loss Coaching

Our lives have been turned upside down.  We have been ordered to stay home.  Our daily routines have been completely altered.  Many of us are trying to work from home.  Others are trying to educate their children at home.  And still others are looking for new jobs that they can do from home. 
 
To call this time stressful would be an understatement.  We fear for so many things - from how to safely get groceries to how to keep our payroll going because of slowed business.  How are we to deal with all of these worries?

By Janet Kopenhaver, ​ Embracing Arlington Arts

In January, Embracing Arlington Arts posted a blog about the economic importance of arts and culture in Arlington and proving that a healthy and vibrant arts scene positively impacts the County’s bottom line. A logical continuation of that discussion is how can our County’s private sector companies partner with arts organizations to ensure this success? The answer: in more ways than you might think.
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Of course, the first response is to sponsor and/or donate to these non-profit organizations and yes, that is much appreciated, much needed and much requested. But there are several other ways to help these arts organizations grow and thrive.

By R. Douglas Taylor, Jr., Bean, Kinney & Korman

​The ongoing coronavirus public health crisis has pushed the U.S. economy into an uncharted economic downturn, with lightning speed.  By some estimates, the country’s gross domestic production is expected to shrink by anywhere from 12.4% to as much as 40% in the second quarter, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  Resulting workforce management questions are numerous, including employee wage and continuation of benefits requirements for employees who are furloughed or subject to a layoff.
 
By “furlough” we typically mean that an employer requires an employee to take unpaid leaves of absence, usually of a limited duration.  In other words, the employee won't work or work reduced hours, and they won't get paid (except for time worked), but they'll still technically be employed with the employer. A layoff is generally a temporary or permanent discontinuation of employment.  If permanent, a layoff effectively terminates the employment relationship.  It may trigger payment of unused PTO and can be a COBRA qualifying event.