Cyber attacks are devastating to the finances and operations of an organization, and now they have the possibility to cause loss of human life. This week, a cyber gang operating out of Eastern Europe carried out an attack on three U.S. hospitals, causing patient health services to be affected and ambulances having to be transferred […]
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There are many steps an organization must follow to maintain network security, the first and most important starts with the decisions of the company executives. It is their responsibility to set the standard for their organization’s non-physical and physical security controls. Excuses such as; the firm is too small, IT should manage it, network security
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When it comes to software patching, some industries are simply more challenged than others. This is especially true for the healthcare sector. All industries struggle to adequately apply critical software security updates, or “patch” their computing environments. However, healthcare has unique challenges that go beyond typical patch management barriers. Why is this? Healthcare, like most
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The effects of ransomware are always ugly. Sometimes companies are forced to pay astronomical ransoms via bitcoin, other times too few, companies are able to recover from backups. Unfortunately, on way too many occasions the company is forced to close its doors forever. Such is the case with Wood Ranch Medical in California, who had
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Did you know that October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month? The third theme for this year is “Protect IT,” which leads off with the importance of patching your software. We are talking about your operating systems on PCs, laptops, servers and more. This also means operating systems and applications like Adobe, Word and Java. Patching your software
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Overview of Windows/Internet Explorer Security Patch Microsoft has advised Windows/Internet Explorer users to install an “emergency” out-of-band security patch (i.e. not released on patch-Tuesday) for a recently detected Zero-Day-Exploit (i.e an exploit that has already been actively used prior to the release of the patch). A security flaw in some versions of Internet Explorer could
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Patching your software and information technology investments can be a daunting task. Not only does it take a lot of time, but it usually must be done after hours within a narrow service window. Plus, inventorying all your systems can be nearly impossible, as is getting accurate reporting after the task is complete. If you
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The internet has brought the world closer together by connecting remote users and organizations with one another. Additionally, it has inspired a wave of innovation that rivals most in human history. The world got smaller, people connected, as did the ability of businesses and organizations to reach clients and consumers faster. But as with any
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Software patching dramatically improves a company’s security posture. Most of the publicized breaches in recent years, and even the unpublicized ones, have their roots in hackers exploiting an unpatched system. All the cyber insurance policies I have seen have stipulations that the insured must comply with in order to be eligible for the insurance. Those
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Network security threats seem to be unending. Broadly distributed ransomware infections, such as WannaCry, cause global damage—with billions of dollars in business losses—and in some severe cases, the shuttering of companies. These worst case scenarios are caused by cyber criminals that disable, and even delete, critical data and the supporting IT Systems. The blame for
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