Over the last few years, we have seen several tech companies, such as Buffer, Todoist and Help Scout, to name a few, switch to a fully or partially remote work setup. Most of these companies spent months preparing for the switch by training their employees, setting up remote work policies and ensuring the necessaryContinue reading “Securing Your Remote Workers”
Tag Archives: Security
Is Healthcare Compliance Enough?
The healthcare industry is a top target for cybercriminals. Healthcare providers hold patients’ personal and financial data. Plus, they offer a critical service and could be more likely to pay ransom to get systems back up and running. Recognizing the threat, industry regulators have instituted cybersecurity standards. Noncompliance is costly, but the real question isContinue reading “Is Healthcare Compliance Enough?”
Required Data Security Controls for Compliance
No data protection regulation anywhere in the world expects your business to have a 100 percent perfect plan for fighting cybersecurity threats. However, your business is definitely expected to install all the necessary checks and balances that make up a resilient defense. These checks and balances are referred to as data security controls or measures.Continue reading “Required Data Security Controls for Compliance”
Healthcare Providers Must Prepare for IT Disasters
Healthcare professionals regularly handle the worst. Whether its broken bones, horrible abscesses, disease, or death, but that doesn’t mean they’re ready for all that can cripple their technology. In 2011, one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history destroyed a large medical center in southwest Missouri. Fortunately, the regional hospital had, only a few weeksContinue reading “Healthcare Providers Must Prepare for IT Disasters”
New Year, New Risks for IT & Data Security
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything about the world as we know it. Just as we started embracing new practices like sanitizing, social distancing and remote working, the pandemic has also forced us to embrace systemic changes in the ways we deal with cyberthreats. In fact, the FBI has reported an increase in cyberattacksContinue reading “New Year, New Risks for IT & Data Security”
That’s So 2010: Why Upgrade Your Office Software
Are you still using Office 2010? It may have served you well over the past decade, but this software reached its end of life in 2020. It’s time to upgrade. Here’s why and what to consider. Software has a typical life span, after which the manufacturer turns its resources to supporting a more recentContinue reading “That’s So 2010: Why Upgrade Your Office Software”
Making Ongoing Risk Management an Operational Standard
No business today is 100 percent secure from cyberthreats and more businesses are waking up to this reality now than ever before. It’s no wonder cybersecurity investment in 2020 is pegged to grow by 5.6 percent to reach nearly $43.1 billion in value.1 With cyberattacks surging due to widespread remote work and increased online interactionsContinue reading “Making Ongoing Risk Management an Operational Standard”
Is Misconfiguration Making Your SMB Vulnerable?
Cybersecurity attacks on big-name brands or governments are familiar headlines these days. Millions of access credentials are breached, and millions of dollars are lost to ransomware attack. You may think you’re protected, but a single undetected misconfiguration could mean trouble. If you’ve been paying attention, you know no one is immune from cyberattack. YourContinue reading “Is Misconfiguration Making Your SMB Vulnerable?”
First Step to Compliance: A Thorough and Accurate Risk Assessment
Complying with data privacy and protection regulations wouldn’t give several business owners sleepless nights if it only meant installing a predefined list of security solutions. Compliance goes way beyond this and for good reason. In principle, regulators, local or international, want businesses to: assess the type of data they store and manage gauge theContinue reading “First Step to Compliance: A Thorough and Accurate Risk Assessment”
Ring in the New Year with New IT
For many of us, 2021 can’t come soon enough, and we\’re hoping next year will be a better one. One way to get the best start in the new year? Take the time now to review business technology. There are several areas that you might improve to support 2021 success. First, look at yourContinue reading “Ring in the New Year with New IT”