Top tips for securing work devices when traveling

Thanks to internet connectivity, you and your employees don’t have to be tied to your office desks to fulfill your tasks. Heck, you can even go to different countries and still do your job. You can use your laptop and smartphone wherever you please, work offline or online, and save files locally and/or on the cloud.

How To Prepare For Gen Z In The Workforce

Be Proactive and Update Your Cyber Security Practices
Technology has evolved leaps and bounds over the last 20 years. In fact, in the next few years, the first generation to grow up with smartphones and social media, will join the workforce. It might seem like Generation Z will be the most cyber-secure generation, considering they’ve always had the Internet and other advanced technologies at the tips of their fingers, but reports are starting to show that this is not the case.

Why law firms should never neglect cybersecurity

Just like other small businesses in differing industries, law firms are prime targets for cyberattacks. In fact, in recent years, many law firms have fallen victim to cyberattacks as well as other breaches in cybersecurity.
Why would hackers want to target law firms?
There are two main reasons why cybercriminals target law firms.

Stay Compliant By Upping Your Cyber Security Practices

If you own or operate a business, there are plenty of things you must do to ensure success. You have to make the right hiring decisions; develop a product or service that you can sell; build relationships with clients/patients, employees, and partners; and much more.

Russia-Ukraine conflict exposes US businesses to cybersecurity risks

As the Russian-Ukraine war reaches global cyberspace, everyone should be on high alert. State-sponsored hackers may attempt to steal sensitive information or sabotage critical systems to further their political agenda. While Ukraine is a primary target for these threats, many security experts believe that Russian-linked hackers will also set their sights on countries that have imposed heavy sanctions, like the United States.

Dental practices: Ensuring HIPAA compliance in 2022

Hackers often target small- to medium-sized dental practices like yours to steal data and sell it on the dark web. Therefore, it’s important that you remain vigilant against any vulnerabilities that your practice may have.

In this regard, HIPAA compliance is considered to be the least that dental offices should have in place since government-mandated cybersecurity protocols lag behind the latest IT developments.

Printer security tips to prevent cyberattacks against your business

Business leaders invest a lot of time and resources into cybersecurity because they understand that protecting sensitive data is a necessity in the digital age. One business component that often gets overlooked are business printers. They are also vulnerable to cyberattacks, so make sure to follow these tips to ensure your company stays protected.

Top cybersecurity threats businesses will face in 2022

January 17th, 2022

At the start of 2021, threat actors took advantage of coronavirus-related fears, putting other people in harm’s way for their own gain. In 2022, expect threat actors to be as brazen as ever. Here are the cybersecurity threats that individuals and organizations like yours will face this year.

4 Reasons dental practices need to take cybersecurity seriously

November 22nd, 2021

To improve their operations and provide better patient experience, many dental practices in New York have leveraged IT solutions like appointment management apps, oral imaging, and automated billing systems. While such IT solutions offer plenty of benefits, they also introduce new cybersecurity concerns that dental practices must take seriously for the following reasons:
Patient records are protected under HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 safeguards a patient’s protected health information (PHI) from being disclosed without the patient’s knowledge or consent.

5 Stages of a ransomware attack

November 4th, 2021

Ransomware threats have skyrocketed in 2021. Check Point’s Cyber Attack Trends 2021 Mid Year Report revealed that there were 93% more ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021 than in the same period last year. Just halfway through 2021, SonicWall’s Cyber Threat Report 2021 Mid-Year Update already declared the year as the worst one to date in terms of the number of recorded ransomware attempts.