Here’s Why Regulatory Compliance is Important
The Problem – Paper Drill Audits There are large cybersecurity auditing firms that perform cybersecurity paperwork reviews of companies who have access control of their client’s data. They are following a formula like SOC-2, PCI or HIPAA that was developed for a specific industry. The auditors do an excellent job within their framework to check […]
Healthcare Providers Utilize Non-HIPAA Non-NIST Compliant Vendors
Healthcare Under Pressure to Improve Data Security With the Healthcare industry under pressure to improve their data security and protect patient PHI, many medical provider groups are still not providing the adequate service of sanitizing and verifying that the hospital’s myriad of Internet of Things devices and hard drives are truly free of PII and […]
How Hackers Can LEGALLY Get Your Critical Data…
If you’ve been to college, you know the story: you’re walking home and BAM! There it is. The most amazing couch you’ve ever seen in your life, just sitting there on the corner. It is like God himself presented you with the most amazing place to watch TV in the universe. So, you bring it […]
Cybersecurity Laws: Should You Be Worried?
Do federal cybersecurity laws and regulations apply to your business? Well, the answer to that is the same as the answer to most questions worth asking: it depends, but most likely yes. The Local Community Organizations and Supply Chain are Subject to Cybersecurity Laws and Codes Many organizations use uncertified data destruction companies. This is […]
ITAD is Obsolete. Are You Ready?
ITAD has served organizations for many years. However, as the standards of security rise, and as the difficulty in truly eradicating data on end of life (EoL) devices grows, ITAD has become obsolete. Thus, those who continue to cling to this outdated methodology put themselves and their company in peril. The number of regulations passed […]
Loose Media Shouldn’t Have a Nightlife, Contain It!
Why is Loose Media So Important? OEMs and Corporations know that all United States federal agencies are moving to a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and NIST Cybersecurity Framework. As you’re surely aware, there are two main threats to your data: Malware and the Insider Threat. In the second step of the ZTA process, these regulations […]
Is Your Loose Media Protected from Insider Threats?
Patented Tear-A-Byte® Method Brings Fortune Companies into Cybersecurity Compliance Loose Media is a Glaring Oversight for Many Companies You have just attended a Gartner, Forrester, or Deloitte cybersecurity conference. While there, you learned that as the cyber threat increases so does the ThreatCon from the Insider Threat. This Insider bypasses your perimeter defenses to steal […]
ITAD is On-Notice…
Some big things are coming out of the innovation labs at TechR2. ITAD consumers should be excited. Check out the video and be sure to come back throughout the month for more updates.
Backblaze’s Drive Failure Report was Just Released; And the Winner Is…
The biggest question most datacenter operators need to be asking right now with SSD’s dropping in price is this: Is it now finally worth the cost? Sure, manufacturers say these drives are more reliable. And certainly, any benchmark will show you SSD’s are significantly faster. But with SSD’s becoming more popular, this leaves us with […]
Every hole in your data security plan just increases the probability that your organization is the next in the chain of breaches.
As privateers and nation-state perpetrators continue to successfully probe US cyber defenses, they effectively penetrated the agriculture industry last week. The cyber attackers have mostly ignored any warnings from the US government stating that the critical infrastructure is off limits. Organizations in the US and Europe need to re-assess their strategy for how they do business