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Resources & Insights

The following resources and insights are provided to help you make smart information technology decisions in building a stronger, more productive, more compliant and more competitive business or organization. 

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Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card

By |October 20th, 2017|Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance|

Reuters:    Caroline Humer, Jim Finkle NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the [...]

KRACK WI-FI HACK: GOOGLE, APPLE AND MICROSOFT SCRAMBLE TO FIX WPA2 VULNERABILITY

By |October 20th, 2017|Education, Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance, Small & Mid-Size Business|

By Anthony Cuthbertson Newsweek Apple, Google, Microsoft and other technology companies have been rushing to address issues related to the Krack Wi-Fi security vulnerability—a flaw that puts any person using [...]

What the Average Worker Doesn’t Know About Security Will Scare You

By |August 2nd, 2017|Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance, Small & Mid-Size Business|

As security becomes more complex organizations are tasked with making sure that it’s not just the IT department on the lookout for the next threat since malicious actors can get [...]

The Senate health-care bill: What’s at stake for dental practices and the dental industry?

By |August 2nd, 2017|Healthcare, Latest News|

The Senate health-care bill: What’s at stake for dental practices and the dental industry? Jul 15, 2017 By Meg Booth and Kevin Thomas Industry | Opinion News stories about the [...]

Protected health information at risk, FBI warns

By |August 2nd, 2017|Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance|

The FBI in a private industry notification warned health care providers that cybercriminals are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers “operating in ‘anonymous’ mode and associated with medical and [...]

Lack of Business Associate Agreement Leads to $31K HIPAA Fine

By |May 8th, 2017|Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance|

By Admin April 27, 2017 An Illinois pediatric health chain paid a $31,000 HIPAA breach penalty this month after the company it hired to store and manage old paper medical [...]

New Guidelines: End Frequent Password Changes

By |May 8th, 2017|Education, Healthcare, IT Productivity, Latest News, Security & Compliance, Small & Mid-Size Business|

By Admin  April 24, 2017 The agency that develops information security standards for the U.S. federal government is recommending significant changes to password guidelines, essentially reversing some long-held best practices. [...]

Stolen Laptop Leads to $2.5 Million HIPAA Breach Penalty

By |May 8th, 2017|Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance|

By Admin  April 27, 2017 The theft of a laptop computer containing information of nearly 1,400 patients was among two HIPAA breaches that led a Pennsylvania provider of remote heart [...]

Workers Are Playing It Fast and Loose with Sensitive Data

By |May 8th, 2017|Education, Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance, Small & Mid-Size Business|

By Pedro Hernandez | Posted April 20, 2017 Dell recently commissioned Dimensional Research to look into the data security habits of over 2,600 professionals in eight countries, including the United States and [...]

Understanding High-Speed Small Business Networking Solutions

By |November 23rd, 2016|Healthcare, IT Productivity, Small & Mid-Size Business|

Network performance can be a challenging area for many small businesses. A slow network with insufficient bandwidth impedes production, delays receiving important files, and causes problems transmitting data to customers—not [...]

Ransomware and the $99K SMB Shakedown

By |November 17th, 2016|Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance, Small & Mid-Size Business|

Quick question: How does parting with nearly a hundred grand because of lax PC security sound to you? According to new research from Kaspersky Lab, small business owners can now [...]

Preparing Against Current Healthcare Cybersecurity Threats

By |November 16th, 2016|Healthcare, Security & Compliance|

Monitoring endpoint security and having outside companies conduct risk assessments are key steps to prepare against healthcare cybersecurity threats.  As more healthcare ransomware cases are reported, it becomes even more [...]

Server FAIL: 3 signs your server is on the brink

By |November 16th, 2016|Education, Healthcare, IT Productivity, Latest News, Security & Compliance, Small & Mid-Size Business|

Servers, like home furnaces, are critical pieces of infrastructure that should work without issue for many years. But eventually they will start struggling, maybe rattling a bit or not working [...]

How to Recognize a Fake Virus Warning

By |November 16th, 2016|Education, Healthcare, Latest News, Security & Compliance, Small & Mid-Size Business|

Pop up messages claiming that you have a virus and you are in need of anti-virus software may, ironically, actually contain a virus that could harm your computer, cause costly [...]

Why Network Monitoring?

By |November 15th, 2016|Education, Healthcare, IT Productivity, Security & Compliance, Small & Mid-Size Business|

What’s happening on your network? If you don’t feel you have a handle on that question, you should enhance your network monitoring capabilities. Network monitoring software keeps an eye on [...]

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