While official numbers for 2018 haven’t yet been released, we know roughly 7 million healthcare records were involved in data breaches this past year. The reasons are tangled and varied, but we can find common themes that can help us learn how to prevent future data breaches. For starters, the two most common causes for reporting a data breach to the U.S. Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights...

In our second part of a two part series on cyber threats, we look at how opportunistic cyber criminals are and ways you can protect your organization (and your data). It’s pretty clear that cyber criminals are employing a wide variety of tactics to breach your organization for financial gain. Their efforts result in significant costs for those on the receiving end. The Center for Strategic and International Studies,...

Cybersecurity is far from clear cut. There are many different approaches to protecting data and seemingly countless technology tools. Truth be told, a little luck helps sometimes too. One tried and true strategy is to learn from the organizations who have already fallen victim to hackers and their antics. Unfortunately, opportunities for lessons learned are many. In the last couple of years, a few mega breaches stand out. In...