HIPAA Compliance Will Stop Ransomware’s Damage
On average, there have been 4,000 daily ransomware attacks since early 2016, an increase of 300% from the 1,000 daily ransomware attacks reported in 2015.1 Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) has released a fact sheet, stating that implementing...
WannaCry Ransomware Protection with HIPAA
WannaCry, WannaCrypt, Wana Decryptor or WCry, whatever it is called, ransomware has been spreading through over 150 countries and many are concerned for good reason. The WannaCry malware attack is the largest ransomware attack to date. The attack started on Friday...
Creating and Managing Passwords
How many times a day do you access applications or websites that require passwords? The temptation is to make passwords simple or reuse the same password. The 2017 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report found that 81 percent of hacking-related breaches succeeded...
Malicious Social Engineering and HIPAA
Spam accounts for 65% of the total volume of global internet email traffic according to Cisco’s 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report. The Report also points out that hackers are successfully using automated attacks on your company’s networks, leaving them more time to...