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
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 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
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?
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
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 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 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 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 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 [...]
HHS Releases Healthcare Ransomware, HIPAA Guidance
In light of recent healthcare ransomware attacks, HHS created a fact sheet to help covered entities keep ePHI secure and follow HIPAA regulations. Conducting a risk analysis, regular user training, [...]
Why are Virtual CIO Services Important?
Virtual CIO Services are valuable to small and medium sized business (SMB) owners and managers for the following reasons: 1. To maximize return on investment (ROI) in IT systems, business [...]
Understanding High-Speed Small Business Networking Solutions
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
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 [...]
Three Rules for Dentists Going Chartless or Paperless
There are many great reasons for dental offices to transition from paper charts to digital charts, though change in any capacity always takes work. Rest assured, this change will be [...]
Do your dental patients witness you violating HIPAA?
HIPAA has been around for 20 years now, yet many dental practices have barely started their HIPAA compliance journey. Despite two decades of regulation, I see multiple violations before even [...]
Preparing Against Current Healthcare Cybersecurity Threats
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
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 [...]
Why Network Monitoring?
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 [...]
Six Ways to Make Your Dental Practice HIPAA Compliant
Do you think you’ve got everything covered with HIPAA? The growing numbers of reported data breaches say otherwise. Let’s start with the real reasons why dental professionals are confused by [...]