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Cybersecurity and Patient Rights

In July 2019, Springhill Medical Center in Mobile, AL, suffered an eight-day ransomware attack that left medical equipment and patient records largely inaccessible. During this attack on July 17, Teiranni Kidd gave birth to her daughter, Nicko Silar.  A reduced ...

The NEW Threat to Your Business Email Account

In April 2019, hackers successfully infiltrated the email accounts of several staff members at St. Ambrose Catholic Parish in Ohio. Through email communication between church leaders and their construction firm, the hackers learned details about the recent restoration and repair ...

Walk-Ins Welcome Podcast Return

Our President/CEO, Ron Shoe, returns to the Walk-Ins Welcome podcast, this time to discuss security in healthcare settings. Ron discusses how your vendors can put you at risk, and he outlines some of the potential dangers of Electronic Medical Records ...

Farms, Chickens, and Cybersecurity

In May 2021, the world’s largest meat-processing company, JBS Food Group, was forced to shut down most of its facilities following a widespread ransomware attack. The attack, one of the largest affecting the agricultural sector in US history, occurred just ...

Leprechauns and Cybersecurity?

What does a leprechaun have in common with cybersecurity? Why, the Pot o’ Gold, of course! Just like a leprechaun uses any trick possible to protect his Pot o’ Gold, or POG (gotta have an acronym, right?), we cybersecurity folks ...

The Little Insurance Mistake That Can Cost You Big

Imagine your worst fears realized: you open your laptop first thing Monday morning, prepared to answer a stream of emails from clients and vendors, only to encounter a frozen account with a message demanding thousands in bitcoin in order to ...

An Update on the Cyber-Threat Landscape: Mid-Q1 2023

Last year’s many stories of ransomware attacks and other cyber threats garnered much attention from the general public. With data breaches affecting major companies the likes of Twitter, Uber, and, ironically, LastPass, our hope was that these attacks might decelerate ...

How a Security Culture Protects Your Business

How a Security Culture Protects Your Business With experts predicting cybercrime costs for businesses worldwide to increase roughly 15% per year over the next five years, hitting $10.5 trillion by 2025, most companies understand the need for protective measures. Cybersecurity ...

Small Business Cyber Threat

YOU’RE NOT TOO SMALL TO BE HACKED You’re Just Too Small to be on The News Equifax, Colonial Pipeline, Target, and Facebook all have one devastating thing in common: each of these companies has suffered a widespread cybersecurity breach in ...

Check Washing Fraud and Protecting Your Business

Security in a business environment encompasses a wide variety of tactics, ranging from physical to technical and beyond.  Unfortunately, these defenses are sometimes a reaction to known threats, while the criminals continue to create new, unforeseen threats.  Protecting your business ...