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The Cost of Waiting: Ransomware

The Cost of Waiting: Local Government's Ransomware Wake-Up Call   In the small town of Riverton, the local government has always prided itself on being a tight-knit community. People know each other by name, and the town's leadership is focused ...

Email Compliance Relies on YOU not your Provider

In today’s world, email is the backbone of communication for businesses of all sizes. But with the rise of cyberattacks like phishing and email spoofing, it's become increasingly clear that just using a big-name provider like Google or Yahoo isn’t ...

Don't Wait Until it Hurts: HiTrust Cert in Healthcare

Don't Wait Until It Hurts: How HITRUST Certification Saved MedCore Solutions*   MedCore Solutions, a mid-sized healthcare services company, had been doing well for years. They provided software solutions to hospitals and clinics, helping with patient management and billing. Their ...

Crowdstrike's faulty update causes outages

Massive Global Outage from Faulty Software Update Highlights Need for Rigorous QA in Endpoint Protection A faulty software update from security giant CrowdStrike caused a significant global outage affecting Windows computers across various sectors, including businesses, airports, healthcare, and government ...

The Imperative of Annual Penetration Testing in Healthcare

Healthcare organizations manage vast amounts of sensitive data, including personal health information (PHI) and payment card information (PCI). Given the sensitive nature of this data, healthcare organizations must ensure robust cybersecurity measures are in place. One critical component of a ...

Combating Complex Phishing Attacks in Corporations

Sophisticated phishing attacks exhibit multiple layers, with malicious actors resorting to extensive measures to breach security ...

Having a DR Plan is Better than No DR Plan

Nearly every week we see companies with a billion dollars or more of revenue have had data breaches. The data breaches are often caused by human error, open ports, or the failure to encrypt PCI, HIPPA data. Are you feeling ...

Patching and Timely Updates Shield SMBs from Ransomware Rampage

Over the years, we have all grown accustomed to Patch Tuesday. Microsoft schedules the release of security updates on "Patch Tuesday," the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 AM PST. For the longest time, this was considered more of ...

Preventing Server Downtime is easier than Bringing them Up

An ounce of prevention is work a pound of cure   The most common number of dedicated Database Administrator's we see in a team is two – just enough administrators to cover each other on vacations. The second most common ...

Artificial Intelligence: Does it Help or Hurt Cyber Security?

Artificial Intelligence: What is it Doing to Help and Hurt Cyber Security   In this day and age of advanced computer systems, we now live in a world where most people have heard about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the pros ...

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