News broke recently that a water plant in Florida, which provides water to businesses and around 15,000 residents, was permeated by a hacker. The hacker increased the amount of sodium hydroxide in the water treatment system to more than 10,000% of the normal ratio.…
Is it time to rethink your third-party remote access platform?
Enterprise organizations around the world rely on third-party software applications to keep their businesses running both securely and efficiently. These necessary relationships between enterprises and vendors, however, are known to be risky because they are a top attack vector for hackers.…
Healthcare Roundup: HIPAA Safe Harbor Bill, HIPAA Penalties Lifted, Takedown of Cyber Threats, and Biden's Cybersecurity Team
From the HIPAA Safe Harbor bill becoming law and the OCR lifting HIPAA penalties to the takedown of cyber threats and Biden’s cybersecurity team, read the most pressing healthcare news in this post.…
How vendors can navigate the challenges of remote support
Way back in 2018, we conducted a survey that found that for every technology vendor there are 239 customers who rely on their support. Sure, you're probably thinking that 2018 happened so long ago that you don't even remember what was going on before then, right?…
4 key differences between consumer and enterprise biometrics (Part 1)
By Jeremiah Mason
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By now, we’re all pretty familiar with biometrics as a way to measure a person's physical characteristics to verify their identity. Most of us use biometrics daily to log in to our mobile devices via a fingerprint or face scan or to activate a home personal assistant device like Amazon Alexa or Google Home using our voice. These are popular methods of consumer biometrics.…
The importance of HIPAA-compliant remote access and third parties
Though most are very familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its relation to third parties and remote access, we're going to break it down a bit. HIPAA carries with it data privacy requirements for individuals, organizations, and entities working with patient information.…
Healthcare Roundup: Top Privacy and Security Stories of 2020, Global Supply-Chain Cyberattacks, Changes to HIPAA's Privacy Rule, and More
From the top privacy and security stories of 2020 and global supply-chain cyberattacks to the proposed modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule and more, read the most pressing healthcare news here.…
Build the best vendor access management program in 3 easy steps
With the continued rise of high profile data breaches caused by third parties, many organizations are becoming aware that in order to maintain the security of their network and systems, they need to create and implement a solution for specifically managing access for their vendors.…
The top 8 security points of vendor lifecycle management
Companies continue to heavily rely on third-party vendors to manage mission-critical business functions. These applications may be cloud-based (SaaS) or deployed on-premises and they are often accessed remotely via different devices.…
4 ways to prevent the next third-party data breach
Way back in 2018, the Department of Defense (DOD) reported a data breach that affected at least 30,000 military and civilian personnel. Let's take a stroll down memory lane to look at what happened in this data breach: hackers gained access through a third-party contractor that maintained travel records for the department.…
Companies of all sizes often turn to virtual private networks, or VPNs, for a critical layer of data security. These solutions are used to protect user-information that's transferred via internet connections from unauthorized access.…
Healthcare Roundup: UVM Health Restoring EHR Access, Healthcare Organizations As Sitting Ducks, SSL-Based Cyberattacks, and HHS Rules
From UVM Health restoring EHR access and healthcare organizations as sitting ducks to SSL-based cyberattacks and HHS rules, read the most pressing healthcare news in this post.…
