In April, CISA, aka the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, published a handy trends findings summary that they pulled from 192 healthcare and public health sector entities (HPH). From fiscal year 2019 – 2020, the agency discovered, HPH’s four most common cyber risks were: Phishing Out-of-date patches Unsupported software and operating systems Poorly configured internet-accessible … Read more
As things ease up, and slowly people return to the office, what steps do you need to take to make sure data and devices are secure? It’s not quite a reversal of what covered entities (CE) and business associates (BA) went through when everyone who was non-essential was required to go to remote work, but … Read more
As we cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to take a few extra measures to protect your organization, your patients and clients, and your data. Teleworking, where more and more individuals are working remotely, is widely accepted to prevent further spread of the virus. Now is a good time to address the risks that … Read more
Malware attacks via phishing knocked it out of the park in 2018. Phishing attacks account for an inordinate number of the data breaches and compromised networks. In fact, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reported that “one-third of all security incidents last year began with a phishing email.” As the cyberattacks get sneakier, everyone – … Read more
Aside from the sensationalism of alleged espionage by a foreign power, the cybercrime accusations listed in the Mueller investigation’s indictment document should be a warning to businesses everywhere. It’s an object lesson in “this could happen to you” cybersecurity. Russian cyberwarfare notwithstanding, nation state attacks on US entities are common. The US CERT site has … Read more
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