Posts Tagged ‘Compliance’
Small Business Cyber Security Plan: Why Your Business Needs a WISP
Not having a written information security program (WISP) for your business could be putting your data at risk of not only theft, but substantial legal/punitive damages. The laws in Massachusetts enforce strict guidelines to safeguard any personal information of individuals stored on your network. Sadly, many SMBs brush it off as a minimal danger that…
Read More5 Holiday Cyber Security Tips to Keep Your Information Secure This Season
There is a certain amount of accepted risk associated with shopping, especially during the holiday season. Identify theft and fraud have become an accepted risk for many online and retail shoppers. This year is thought to see an even greater level of attacks aimed toward the consumer market, ranging from malicious sites exploiting your data…
Read MoreData Security: New HIPAA Policies & Procedure on Ransomware Disclosures
The Department of Health & Human Services for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued guidance on how to manage the increasing frequency of ransomware attacks toward healthcare providers. Ransomware is a malware which encrypts data until a ransom is paid to the hacker, who in return, will hopefully issue the encryption key to unlock the data…
Read MoreHow to Counteract VoIP Vulnerabilities: VoIP Security Risks
In today’s day and age we have become familiar and hopefully cautious when receiving strange emails with a random file attached. It’s unlikely that we would give it a second thought before deleting. This is because we recognize the need for cyber security to limit the onslaught of digital threats we receive on a seemingly…
Read MoreHow to Become PCI Compliant: An Informal PCI Compliance Checklist
If your business processes credit cards or other forms of electronic payment, it is required to meet the standards established by the Payment Card Industry (PCI). That means not only retailers, but any establishment that accepts card payments in their place of business. If you don’t maintain PCI standards for compliance and suffer a data…
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