When cyber and D&O insurance premiums soared, businesses may have felt it necessary to reduce coverage. Now, rates have declined, so it may be a good time to “top off” your cyber and D&O limits – especially because, unlike premiums, risks are not falling. Cyber and D&O Premium Trends Both cyber and...

Small businesses are increasingly becoming the target of cyber-attacks; 71% of such incidents involve organizations with fewer than 100 employees. With each attack costing an average $500,000 to fix, it’s an expensive price to pay for being unprotected against cyber threats. More and more...

The federal government has warned that a newly discovered computer software vulnerability poses a major threat to the security of computer networks around the country. Cybercriminals are exploiting holes in open-source code software commonly used in computer applications, websites, and cloud...

THURSDAY, MAY 06 TRENDING STORY Cyber Security Experts Warn Over Online Wine Scams Scammers have increasingly used wine-themed domain names to target potential victims during parts of the Covid-19 lockdown, a recent cyber security report has suggested… TODAY’S NEWS Battlelines of the Eastern Front...

With the recent surge in direct-to-consumer (DTC) wine commerce, the importance of beefing up online security has grown significantly. Unfortunately, ecommerce sites, hubs for processing payments and gathering personal information, attract hackers' attention. There have been several high-profile...

As hectic as peak can be, the holiday season can be a great opportunity to boost your winery’s customer acquisition and sales. Here’s how to do it. The following tips come from a collaborative webinar with Holly Berrigan, Chief Revenue Officer at Studio Beverage Group. You can watch the full...

Increase in competition for consumer products—from wine, craft beer, and spirits to supplements and cannabis products—is making a product’s label ever-more important to helping it stand out and prevent copycats. Premium brands need to look great on shelves (and online) and help assure customers...

What's New with the Wine Industry’s Leading DTC Solution? WineDirect has announced that they are building the All-New WineDirect platform. But what does this really mean? WineDirect is currently the only complete end-to-end solution serving the wine industry, providing wineries of all shapes and...

As more of America’s workers were asked to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber criminals jumped at the opportunity to take advantage, it seems. Remote work means work being handled on the cloud as employees share files and need a convenient way to access them. But cyber criminals are...

As wineries are built or expand, they purchase different equipment to help them meet their new output goals. One of the difficulties with this type of expansion is the missing fluidity between components of the process. TM Process & Controls, Inc. (TMPC) offers the breadth and expertise in their...