The healthcare industry is understandably fixated on putting strong cybersecurity policies into place. After all, over 100 data breaches were recorded between January and the end of April this year, putting patient data and patient lives at risk. Most recently, the second largest hospital chain, CommonSpirit Health was recently hit with an unprecedented attack that caused widespread system outages that endangered patient lives.
Topics: #HealthcareITSolutions, #cybersecurity, Physical security surveillance
While the big corporations tend to make headlines when their data are breached, it’s the small and medium-sized companies that are most frequently chosen as victims by savvy cybercriminals. In fact, today’s small business landscape is plagued by cyberattacks, with 61% of small or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experiencing an attack last year. Putting that into perspective — a full 43% of data breaches were directed at the SMB community — almost half of all cyberattacks and the primary target for cybercriminals.
Topics: #cybersecurity, SmallBusinesses, Cyberattack, MSP, cybercriminals
With supply chain disruptions and uncertainty in the markets, manufacturing companies have a lot of challenges these days. Unfortunately, the challenges are only increasing, especially when it comes to cybersecurity.
Topics: #Manufacturing, #cybersecurity
Hospitals are so very important to our lives, but they are under a lot of stress as well.
Topics: healthcare, Managed IT, #cybersecurity
In this article, we will explore the engineering challenges (and opportunities) of the future, such as cybersecurity threats and the “Internet of Things.” We will also share how Managed IT can support new engineering efforts and improve productivity for teams.
Topics: Managed IT, #Engineering, #cybersecurity
Many schools are implementing additional security measures this fall.
Topics: education, #cybersecurity, Cybersecurity in schools
The last few years have been a powerful warning to medical labs and health care providers when it comes to cybersecurity. In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned device manufacturers and healthcare providers about a group of security flaws, called Urgent/11, that could control medical devices and change their function, cause a leak of information, or prevent function altogether. In 2020, a new threat, the Ripple20 malware, was discovered. Ripple20 can infect any number of connected devices, creating vulnerabilities that could compromise health and safety.
Topics: #managedIT, #cybersecurity, #cyberthreats, protect your medical lab
Data collection and use are growing across all industries — and so is cybercrime, a trend that is driving the need for better enterprise data management and security. While malicious actors continue to develop increasingly sophisticated ways to access sensitive data, many companies are spending more on IT budgets to develop more protective strategies. However, protecting endpoints — those devices such as production printers, desktop printers or multifunction devices, copiers, scanners, and others — often gets overlooked.
Topics: Managed IT, #cybersecurity, Data Management, Wide Format printer, productionprint
No business system has been hit harder by the ongoing pandemic than our supply chain. Challenges, including delays and further disruption, are continuing, especially as supply chain actors continue to adjust to a new way of doing business. And now that more workers are demanding remote or hybrid work environments, businesses are having to contend with new weaknesses and vulnerabilities in their security infrastructure — both digital and physical.
Topics: Managed IT, #SupplyChain, #cybersecurity, Cyberattacks, cybersecurity in supply chain, warshipping, phygital
Before the pandemic, many businesses were looking at digital transformations that included cloud migration. After the pandemic hit, 48% of businesses surveyed are fast-tracking their cloud migration and more than a third are looking at digitizing more processes using cloud-based technology. In general terms, the switch to cloud technology was predicated on the need for better security and collaboration to support remote and hybrid workplaces and to deal with disruptions in both business and consumer demands.
Topics: Managed IT, #cybersecurity, Hackers, Cyberattack, Cyberthreat, Entertainment
