Tech Files: Building a Cybersecurity Program That Actually Works

Your business probably has cybersecurity. You have a firewall. Antivirus is running. Employees use passwords. Maybe you’ve rolled out multi-factor authentication. Someone is handling backups. When something needs to change, your IT team takes care of it. So you’re covered…right? Now imagine tomorrow morning you need to answer a few questions: Those questions are harder. […]

The Foundation Beneath Innovation: Why Infrastructure Matters to Muskegon’s Future

GMED’s Beyond Boundaries event highlighted the connections between regional infrastructure, business growth, and the technology we depend on every day. By Brent A. Raeth, Managing Partner of CatchMark Most of us begin the workday assuming the essentials will work. The lights will turn on. Water will flow. Employees will arrive. Our internet connection will carry […]

Tech Files: Who’s Watching Your Business When You’re Not?

It’s 8:15 on a Tuesday morning. Accounting is processing invoices, employees are answering emails, someone is working remotely, and another employee just received an email that looks like it came from Microsoft asking them to verify their password. Nobody walked into work thinking about cybersecurity. They’re thinking about customers, deadlines, projects, and everything else that […]

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Built for Tech: Building a Business That Can Scale

Growth creates pressure. That is not always a bad thing. In fact, growth is often the goal. More customers. More employees. More locations. More revenue. More opportunity. More complexity. But growth does not only reveal what a business does well. It also reveals what the business has outgrown. The informal process that worked with five […]