5 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch out for in 2022
The IT security scene has been quite chaotic since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. 2020 and 2021 saw widespread digital transformations across all commercial industries, which created new opportunities for criminals to perpetrate their heinous acts. Cybersecurity trends are always changing. First, let’s take a look at recent years. 2020 was a bad year for cybersecurity,…
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Tips for Achieving Data Security and Compliance in Healthcare Cybersecurity
Electronic health records (EHRs) and electronic medical records (EMRs) are incredibly useful, allowing for easy and quick access to patient data for healthcare purposes. Unfortunately, this digitization introduces new risks to healthcare facilities and their patients. Personal medical information has become an attractive target for cybercriminals. This makes data security a key issue in healthcare…
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What is Intelligent Authentication?
Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of a user before granting access to a computer system or application. Traditionally, authentication has relied on static identifiers such as passwords and PINs. However, with the increasing sophistication of cyber threats, traditional authentication methods are no longer sufficient. That’s where intelligent authentication comes in. Advanced Technologies…
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Cyberattack Prevention with the 6-Phase Incident Response Plan
A holistic cybersecurity strategy must include both proactive defenses to deter threats and responsive measures to counter attacks. An incident response plan (IRP) is a formal guide that outlines the procedures and responsibilities an organization takes during a cyber incident. It essentially tells an organization’s leaders, IT team, and staff what to do amid and…
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Cybersecurity Lessons Learned From Two Years of Remote Work
2020 and 2021 were busy years for the infosec community, overflowing with cybersecurity lessons to remember. It all started in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the business and IT environments in ways that many organizations had not anticipated. Many companies were forced to move from well-established IT infrastructures to makeshift solutions in response…
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Improve Efficiency in Dental Offices with Faster Logins
How Faster Authentication and Auto-logouts Help Improve Efficiency in Dental Offices Improved efficiency is always a key goal for dental healthcare providers. However, this cannot come at the expense of care quality and patient satisfaction. With faster authentication and auto-logouts, you can target this efficiency while maintaining high levels of performance across key metrics. Eliminate…
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Cyber Insurance Providers Require MFA
People are not afraid enough of data breaches. It’s not that people are fearless and undaunted, it just means most people are unaware in this fast, ever-evolving world of cyber threats. One of the best ways to mitigate cyber risks is to enforce MFA across the company network. This is why insurance companies are now…
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Hardware-Based 2FA into PCs
Hardware-based two-factor authentication (2FA) is a powerful security measure that provides an additional layer of protection beyond traditional usernames and passwords. By requiring both something you know (password) and something you have (physical device), hardware-based 2FA significantly decreases the chances of unauthorized access. This is more secure than simply using a single factor to authenticate.…
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What DoD Contractors need to do while we wait for CMMC 2.0
The Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment recently issued a long-awaited overhaul to its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. The DoD introduced CMMC 2.0, which streamlines the CMMC program via a significant set of updates, including: Lowering the number of CMMC levels from 5 to 3 …
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