Your fingerprint. It’s unique to you, or at least that’s what they tell us. According to Apple, every fingerprint is so rare, that even a small section of two separate fingerprints has a 1 in 50,000 chance of registering as a match for the Touch ID they build into their technology.

Amazon Echo. Google Home. Yep, they are at the top of many wish lists this holiday season.

But if you have a tech-savvy person in your household, they aren’t the only gadgets that will put a smile on their faces. We have some ideas that will leave them playing long after the gift wrap is taken out with the trash.

Most companies approach security in the same manner. They create systems and strategies to stop, identify, or track an intruder so that they can halt or reduce the damage.

Sounds like a good plan, right? Only in many ways, it’s backward thinking.

Criminals think the same way.

When was the last time you went shopping in your app store? There are so many things to consider.

A time management tool to help you track your days.

A photo tool to help you take better pictures.

A game to help you relax after a busy day.

And of course, a security hole that can give easy access to hackers around the world.

For most business environments, it’s always been a shuffle of how to combine hardware and software to best accomplish your goals. You purchase equipment from one source, storage from another, services from third-party programs, and hope they all connect to offer you a safe and secure environment.

Step back in time and businesses operated efficiently with separate divisions. Marketing, customer service, technology - they all played their part.

But times have changed, and business integration has become more essential. Each individual department can no longer act on its own.

We’re a nation that loves new technology.

Phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops are regularly upgraded, bringing us new ways of doing things. While we downloaded approximately 115 billion apps in 2016, that number is expected to reach 197 billion in 2017. We see technology touch every aspect of our lives - from handheld devices to the appliances in our homes, to the cars we drive.

Your business has certain security practices in place. You have a lock on the front door. You use passcodes to enter certain rooms in your building, or have access to data on your computers. You secure it in one of two ways.

Identification involves isolating one individual from a group.

The Equifax data breach has topped the news for many days now. Of course, it’s only one in a long list of high profile companies that have been hacked in the last few years, releasing highly sensitive information to less-than-stellar sources. Target, Sony, even government offices like the Office of Personnel Management have had their share of difficult times.

Have you ever forgotten a password? Of course, we all have.

It can be annoying, racking your brain trying to remember what credentials you used to login.

But the solution is fairly easy to handle. With just a little bit of information, you can request a reset of your password and very quickly be on your way.