The Rise in Cybersecurity Insurance Cancellations: 3 Reasons Why You Should Act Before You Get a Notice Small businesses today face growing pressure to meet cybersecurity standards — either from their insurance companies or from larger customers they work with.If you can’t meet these requirements, the consequences are serious: Your [...]
Lack of proper data security in healthcare clinic results in loss of trust and reputation In the digital age, data security is a paramount concern, especially in the healthcare industry. Unfortunately, even prominent institutions like Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon's Office are not immune to the threat of data breaches. Recently, [...]
SOC2 Type 2 compliance is a set of security standards for service providers that handle sensitive data such as financial information, personal identification, or protected health information. The goal of SOC2 Type 2 compliance is to ensure that service providers have appropriate security measures in place to protect the confidentiality, [...]
Even before a global pandemic created a paradigm shift that increased the hybrid and work-from-home (WFH) models, certain business functions like IT departments had been strongly utilizing remote operations, specifically when it came to keeping track of computer systems and IT assets in the form of remote monitoring. Remote IT monitoring [...]
There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic created a paradigm shift within business operations. According to trend reports from Malwarebytes, around 70% of organizations had moved at least 61% of their workforce to a work-from-home model. These requirements yielded an increased use of video conferencing and team collaboration software, and [...]
Cyber & Data Breach Insurance: What is it and how is it underwritten? When evaluating potential solutions for your organization's cybersecurity program, you are likely only considering the ones that directly protect your computer-related and information systems. This might include controls for network security, application security, and/or information-security. But what [...]
3 IT Tips for managing hybrid remote work post-pandemic The sudden shift to remote work that started in March 2020 has essentially transformed the way organizations run their operations and manage resources. A viral infection that turned into a worldwide crisis led to businesses finding themselves operating in crisis mode [...]
What is Desktop Virtualization and VDI (Virtual Desktop Computer Infrastructure)? Desktop virtualization is the act of separating Desktop Environment and Application Software from the Physical Device. Desktop Virtualization creates a software-based (or virtual) version of an end user’s desktop environment and operating system (OS) decoupled from the hardware or computing [...]
Remote Work Best Practices Remote Access from home to office computer has become the most urgent request on all Helpdesk and Computer Support boards. The mass closures of schools, risk of being exposed to the Corona virus through close contact, and local governments’ policies on social distancing has forced many [...]
Is Periodic Password Change a Good Security Practice? Cyber security experts have almost universally agreed that periodic password changes are likely to do more harm than good. This is largely the result of research that shows passwords are most prone to cracking when they’re easy for end users to remember, such [...]