Insider Abuse and Errors –The Biggest Threat to Healthcare Security
Insiders are among the biggest threats to data security in healthcare. Research suggests the problem has reach epidemic proportions – with staff members snooping, stealing, or otherwise leaking sensitive data on a scale much broader than in other industries. The trend is consistent: Insiders caused 58% of the healthcare security incidents reviewed for the 2018…
Read MoreWhen you need IT problems fixed yesterday
One of the biggest complaints I hear from businesses who use Managed Services Providers is the lack of urgency when something goes wrong. It can take hours to get a response after submitting a ticket, and then the fix can take days. Most companies are pretty happy with their MSP – until they submit that…
Read MoreTop 5 Security Cyber Security Threats to Your Small Business
I hate to say it, but the bad guys are getting really good at taking advantage of businesses, and they’re making a mind-boggling amount of money off it. So, it’s not going to slow down, it’s just going to escalate. I want to let you know what the biggest cyber threats are, according to Webroot’s…
Read MoreWhy Bear the Outrageous Cost of Downtime?
Most SMBs don’t have a realistic idea of what it would cost if their computer network were to go down or be inaccessible for any reason. Businesses that do estimate the cost figure around $5000 per hour – but that’s actually low. The cost is actually around $18,000 per hour. Considering how much…
Read MoreHow’s that phone system working out for you?
That phone system you put in years ago is probably in need of an upgrade, but who wants to deal with that hassle and expense? Yet, it’s hard to grow and move forward with what you have. We are helping small businesses get a better, more advanced phone system, without the huge cost and drama.…
Read MoreNo Personal Email Accounts for Company Business!
The Yahoo! Data Breach of 2013 may seem like old news, but 2017 revealed it was far worse than reported. After Verizon acquired Yahoo! in June 2017, they discovered the 2013 breach affected every Yahoo! customer account – three billion in total! That mind-boggling number is three times more than Yahoo! reports when they first…
Read MorePassword Protect Customer Data!
The Republican National Committee hired Deep Root Analytics in 2017 to gather political information on US voters but didn’t secure the data. They had personal information on about 61% of the US population stored on an Amazon cloud server – with no password protection. It was exposed there, open for anyone to access, for about…
Read MoreNo Personal Email Accounts for Company Business!
The Yahoo! Data Breach of 2013 may seem like old news, but 2017 revealed it was far worse than reported. After Verizon acquired Yahoo! in June 2017, they discovered the 2013 breach affected every Yahoo! customer account – three billion in total! That mind-boggling number is three times more than Yahoo! reports when they first…
Read MoreKeep Your Systems Updated and Patched
What some have called “the worse ransomware attack ever” struck in May 2017, infecting an estimated 300,000 computer systems in just four days. WannaCry was similar to many ransomware attacks, i.e. it encrypted files and demanded a Bitcoin payment to decrypt them. However, it differed in one major way: worm tactics. Once WannaCry infected a machine,…
Read MoreNever Hide a Data Security Breach from Your Customers
Uber’s CEO revealed on Nov. 21, 2017, that the ride-hailing service failed to disclose a massive data breach last year. In Oct. 2016, hackers accessed a server containing personal information for more than 57 million Uber drivers and riders. They demanded a $100,000 ransom to delete their copy of the data, which Uber paid. The attackers…
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