Like my high school coach always said, “Stick to your basics”. The Equifax and CapitalOne breaches reminds us that cyber-attacks don’t always come from sophisticated hacking groups. I’m sure these companies were using the best cybersecurity software that money could buy. They probably had good internal and external IT support.  However, the data breaches they suffered …

Are we forgetting to “lock the front door” when we invest in Cybersecurity? Lessons from the Capital One and Equifax data breach. Read More »

FaceApp, the AI-powered picture-editing program, is trending in social media. We’ve all seen the pictures of celebrities using FaceApp to make themselves look older or younger. However, security experts are concerned about the possibility that the app could access more than pictures. Many users don’t realize that the app, owned by an overseas company, doesn’t …

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Companies of all sizes are doing a good job beefing up their cybersecurity and that’s great. But… many are forgetting an often overlooked target – their third party service providers. Any company that uses a third-party CRM software or an outside a server with access to sensitive or confidential data, could be risking a data-leak. …

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Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are often unsure of where they stand when it comes to cybersecurity. While larger companies treat cybersecurity with white gloves SMBs often think that they are not a target and fall prey to popular myths surrounding it. These misconceptions and a lack of resources have caused business owners try to …

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In 2018, 15 million patient records were breached during 503 healthcare cyber-attacks. That’s three times the amount of reported incidents in 2017*. As breaches continue to escalate, healthcare records are becoming a big target and are valuable on the black market. 1. Where is your data and how is it protected? Most organizations don’t know …

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With the number of security breaches occurring right now there is a tremendous focus on cybersecurity in companies of all sizes. In many cases, the board wants to know that this is being focused on.  For a mid-size company with multiple competing priorities, the amount of investment they can make on cybersecurity is limited. The …

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Risk assessments are the backbone to any good security and risk plan. Risk assessments test your current information system and reveal any areas where data is at risk of theft or exposure. But a risk assessment holds even greater importance in the healthcare setting. With regards to Protected Healthcare Information (PHI or ePHI), HIPAA sets …

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