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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
 
Honey Farms sold for $36M
 
A Waltham company has acquired 33 Honey Farms retail stores and gas stations in the Worcester area for $36 million.
 
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UMMS develops rabies vaccine with Indian manufacturer
 
An Indian vaccine manufacturer and UMass Medical School announced Tuesday the global launch of a rabies antibody.
 
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Outstanding Women: Bovill remade Central Mass. social services
 
Angela Bovill wouldn't recommend the beginning of her adult life – starting with marriage and children by age 19 – to anyone.
 
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Breaking down the Central Mass. bids for Amazon
 
Of the 238 cities and states who submitted bids to attract online retail giant Amazon's second headquarters, three are from Central Massachusetts.
 
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IPG profits jump 67% after switch to high-power products
 
IPG Photonics, an Oxford manufacturer of laser products, saw its net income rise by 67 percent percent in the third quarter.
 
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Cognex reports 91% increase in net income
 
Cognex, a Natick image product manufacturer of image-based products, reported Monday a 91 percent increase in net income from last year's Q3.
 
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Dentists critical of Delta Dental plan
 
Dentists complained to the Legislature on Monday that they felt coerced into joining Delta Dental's new, lower-cost insurance plan, called Total Choice.
 
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Dozens of large companies and institutions have been the subject of data breaches so far in 2017, including Verizon, Equifax, Whole Foods, Arby's and others. The need for highly-skilled cybersecurity experts is apparent, but according to a recent survey by defense contractors Raytheon, only 38 percent of Millennials are more willing to consider a career in cybersecurity than a year ago.
What does your company do to protect its data?
Require password changes regularly and require them to be complex.
Remove old employee accounts immediately.
Prohibit personal software and hardware connections to company networks without permission.
Use a firewall and virus protection software.
Make electronic and physical backups of important work.

 
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