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Vendor Review Helps Hospital Schedule Covid Vaccinations
Michelle Drolet
Selecting a Large-Scale, Secure and HIPAA-Compliant Covid Scheduling Solution
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Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions
Michelle Drolet
Healthcare organizations have faced continual stress from heavy COVID-19 caseloads in 2020. Cyberattacks on their information networks also loomed as a serious threat, and the pressure to protect data is expected to grow this year, as more criminals target healthcare providers.
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10 Things I Know About... Holiday Cyber Scams
Michelle Drolet
10) With so many people working from home on all sorts of devices, make sure these endpoints continue to receive the latest security patches and software operating system updates to lessen your chance of compromise.
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8 Common Pen Testing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Michelle Drolet
Penetration testing is vital, but are you doing it right? Here are some common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them.
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5 Open Source Intrusion Detection Systems for SMBs
Michelle Drolet
If you don’t have a lot of budget at your disposal, these open-source intrusion detection tools are worth a look. As businesses grapple with the pandemic, millions of workers are no longer working in the traditional office behind the traditional perimeter. They are working from home, accessing data and network resources using unauthorized devices, unauthorized software and unsecured WiFi.
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5 Cybersecurity Events that Keep CEOs up at Night
Michelle Drolet
With ransomware and phishing attacks on the rise, companies must continuously focus on cyber risks to protect assets and customers. Covid-19 forced organizations to evolve their business models overnight. The demand for digital infrastructure has skyrocketed and industries are seeing large-scale adoption of work from home.
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A Cybersecurity Checklist For The New Norm
Michelle Drolet
Unauthorized software and devices and stressed and distracted workers have expanded the attack surface and left businesses exposed to a number of cyber-risks. Small and medium-sized businesses in particular are most vulnerable since a majority of them run legacy or outdated systems.
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6 Steps to Building a Strong Breach Response Plan
Michelle Drolet
Cybersecurity resilience depends on having a detailed, thorough, and tested breach response plan in place. Here's how to get started. No matter how secure your business, data breaches are an unfortunate fact of life. Whether an attack is the result of a determined cybercriminal, a disgruntled insider, or simple human error, you can limit the damage with a carefully crafted response strategy. There’s a lot of groundwork to cover to begin building an effective strategy for coping with a breach:false
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VCISO: A Pragmatic Path To Cybersecurity In Pandemic Times And Beyond
Michelle Drolet
Covid-19 has disrupted our lives and caused a lot of stress and panic globally. Even though lockdowns may be relaxing, cyber-attacks are showing no signs of slowing down. The pandemic has created the perfect environment for hacktivists to strike with a high degree of success. Let’s understand the top five reasons for this:
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Don't Let Attackers Weaponize Fear: Use These Cyber Resilience Recommendations
Michelle Drolet
Per a recent analysis from Microsoft (via The Interpreter), every country in the world has fallen prey to at least one COVID-19-related attack. Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory back in April relating to heavy exploitation of Covid-19 by malicious cyber actors.
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