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This Week’s Cybersecurity Tip of the Week, provided by PacketLogix IT Security Tip: Should your laptop be encrypted? It’s just another Tuesday on your way to work and you stopped by your favorite busy coffee shop to get your caffeine fix. You set your tablet down to add the cream and, when you turn back, your laptop is gone. It’s nowhere in sight, nor is the thief who stole it. If you have a password on your laptop, it will slow the thief down; but what it doesn’t stop is someone removing the hard drive and connecting it to another computer to get access to all your files, passwords and e-mail –that’s not hard to do. How do you protect your files? Encrypt them! With the drive encrypted, a thief can’t just pull it out, hook it up and suddenly have access to all your files. This is ESPECIALLY important if you hold or have access to medical records, credit card information or other sensitive data on your devices. PacketLogix is offering East Bay Chamber members a Business Security Assessment at no cost to you. To schedule your Business Security Score Assessment, go to www.packetlogix.com/terrence or call 401-227-2695 or via email at nikki@packetlogix.com .
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SBA Offers Economic Assistance to Rhode Island Small Businesses Affected by the Washington Bridge Closure The attached release was issued to the media yesterday. To assist us with the widest distribution of this information as possible, please share our release with your contacts as appropriate and post to your social media. WASHINGTON – Today, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman announced that Rhode Island small businesses affected by the road closure due sudden bridge failure in Providence County on Dec. 11, 2023, and continuing may apply for low-interest, long-term Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Administrator Guzman made the loans available in response to a letter from Governor Daniel McKee on Dec. 14, 2023, requesting a disaster declaration by the SBA. The declaration covers Providence County and the adjacent counties of Bristol and Kent in Rhode Island, Windham in Connecticut, and Bristol, Norfolk and Worcester in Massachusetts, and applies to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses and private nonprofit organizations. Eligible applicants in the declared area can now apply for low-interest, long-term Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) from the SBA to cover working capital needs as the community recovers. Regards, Mary S. Gipson Public Affairs Specialist Field Operations Center - East U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience 101 Marietta St. NW, Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30303 Office: 404-331-0333 mary.gipson@sba.gov The Renewable Energy Fund, more commonly known as the REF incentive is a Rhode Island solar rebate program run by the RI Commerce Corporation that offers grant money to home and business owners who install solar panels. It is a grant program that lowers the upfront cost of your solar panel system. Not all properties are eligible for the incentive so it is important to work with a qualified installer.
What is the amount from the REF grant?The incentive value is a maximum of $5,000 for homeowners and $75,000 for commercial projects. The value of the REF grant is determined by the size of your solar system. Read more.. https://isaksensolar.com/renewable-energy-fund-ref-in-rhode- IT Security Tip : Ever lost hours of your work because your computer reset?
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