Intense Expectations for Healthcare Security Predicted in 2014
In 2013, 45% of data breaches were in the healthcare industry. Because of this, compliance and regulations in healthcare are expected to intensify throughout this calender year. This will not bode well for what healthcare privacy, information security, and compliance officers were wishing for this year. In a recent survey performed by ID experts […]
What is Cyber Liability Insurance and Why is it Important?
Cyber liability insurance protects an organization from risks associated with e-business, the internet, networks, and informational assets controlled by first and third parties. The original cyber liability policies written were almost soely for companies providing computer hardware and software services. Today, with ever changing state and federal regulations, plus the addition of compliance standards […]
Mobile Malware Provides Serious Threat in 2014
[vc_row type=”grid” video_bg=”” css=”.vc_custom_1644068925459{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ dp_animation=””][vc_column_text dp_animation=””]It is no secret that viruses and malware are prevalent in today’s digital world. Recent attacks on large companies Target, Adobe, and Zappos within the last year have started to raise serious concerns regarding the safety of personally identifiable information (PII) storage and protection. As […]
New study on hard drive failure rates surprises many.
[vc_row type=”grid” video_bg=”” css=”.vc_custom_1644068845848{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ dp_animation=””][vc_column_text dp_animation=””]Online backup specialists Backblaze completed a study on the reliability of hard drive brands currently on the market, and the results were very interesting. The study consisted of over 25,000 drives (27,134 to be exact) from the industries top manufacturers Hitachi, Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba, […]
Recent data breaches once again sparks credit card technology debate
[vc_row type=”grid” video_bg=”” css=”.vc_custom_1644068749869{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ dp_animation=””][vc_column_text dp_animation=””]Recent data breaches in the US (mainly Target and Neiman Marcus) have once again sparked the age old debate of magnetic strip cards vs. EMV (Europay/Mastercard/Visa) chip cards. Whenever a store completes a transaction the data from that transaction is stored on the organization’s servers. […]
Onsite Data Destruction: How do I get started?
[vc_row type=”grid” video_bg=”” css=”.vc_custom_1644068629826{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ dp_animation=””][vc_column_text dp_animation=””] Here are 3 Easy Ways to Start Developing an onsite data destruction program. 1. Take an inventory of all devices with business data on them (old and new). It is important you know what type of data your organization has stored, and where information […]
What are the consequences of not having an onsite data destruction plan?
Wouldn’t it be nice if data at rest did not have to be a concern on a failed hard drive, or on old assets being removed from your network? It would, right? Unfortunately that type of future will not be ours anytime soon. What are the REAL consequences of not having an onsite data destruction […]
Windows XP end-of-life date is quickly approaching, are you ready?
[vc_row type=”grid” video_bg=”” css=”.vc_custom_1644068142453{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ dp_animation=””][vc_column_text dp_animation=””] In just over 60 days Microsoft’s XP operating system will officially reach the end of its life. There had been rumors of this for the past several years but last year Microsoft finally announced they would be ending support for XP on April 8, […]
Data breaches in Healthcare remain a big concern in 2014
[vc_row type=”grid” video_bg=”” css=”.vc_custom_1644068011317{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ dp_animation=””][vc_column_text dp_animation=””]Last month we discussed the high expectations that would be put on healthcare IT this year. Only 2 months into the year and we are already starting to see signs of this, coming after the release of the 2013 HIMSS Security Survey. Our government has […]
Indiana University reports potential data breach
[vc_row type=”grid” video_bg=”” css=”.vc_custom_1644067917220{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ dp_animation=””][vc_column_text dp_animation=””]Indiana University notified Indiana’s attorney general’s office this week of the exposure of approximately 146,000 records. These records included PII such as name, address, and Social Security numbers of students across 7 campuses, who attended from 2011-2014. However, this instance is different from what we […]