How to Identify Network Vulnerabilities: Pen Testing, Red vs. Blue, and Purple Teaming
The best way to avoid a data breach is to identify network vulnerabilities before your attackers do. This is particularly relevant to the healthcare sector, as it typically lacks some of the robust cybersecurity tools that other industries have come to rely on. If your team is looking for ways to improve its own data […]
What Data Backup Strategies Work Best for Healthcare?
Due to the increase in ransomware attacks across the healthcare sector, organizations must take the time now to develop and execute stronger data management strategies. That includes the consistent backup of all patient and operational files so that this information is still available internally in the event of an attack. The reason for this is […]
Password Best Practices for Healthcare Organizations
Passwords have become such a ubiquitous component in healthcare that it may not seem relevant to include them in any updates to your cyber defense. Yet the opposite is the case, especially in light of studies that show how easy passwords are to misuse: lacking in strength against brute force attacks, being shared too readily […]
Why All Businesses Should Care About Cybersecurity Changes to CMMC
President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity on May 12, 2021, which has since led to a review of the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program (CMMC). Developed back in 2019, CMMC’s goal has been two-pronged: protect government data, and evaluate the cyber compliance of government contractors. But […]
Cybersecurity and Interoperability: You Can’t Have One Without the Other
The Pandemic’s Perfect Storm During a national emergency, there will always be those who seek to turn the chaos to their own profitable ends— and the coronavirus pandemic has been no exception. 2020 was the fifth straight year in which reports of hacking incidents increased, with the 2020 number 42% higher than 2019. Hacking incidents […]
