October 24, 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Time to Improve Password Security The theme of October 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month is “See Yourself in Cyber” which focuses on people. As the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ... Read more
October 16, 2022 Are Pagers HIPAA Compliant? Many healthcare providers are asking the question “are pagers HIPAA-compliant?” The simple answer to the question is no, pagers are not HIPAA-compliant, but they can ... Read more
September 28, 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 Focuses on People Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 runs from October 1 to October 31, with the month of October having been dedicated to improving awareness about cybersecurity since ... Read more
August 25, 2022 Claroty Reports 57% Increase in Disclosed XIoT Vulnerabilities in 1H, 2022 There was a 57% increase in reported vulnerabilities affecting extended Internet of things (XIoT) devices in the first half of 2022, compared to the last ... Read more
August 23, 2022 U.S. Healthcare Provider Confirms Unauthorized Disclosure of 1.36 Million Patient Records to Meta A healthcare provider has confirmed the impermissible disclosure of patient information to Meta through the misconfiguration of Meta Pixel tracking code on its website. Earlier ... Read more
August 15, 2022 How Do You Resolve the Issue of Password Apathy? Despite many advances in technology, one issue is undermining efforts to keep networks and accounts secure – password apathy. This is not a new issue, ... Read more
July 16, 2022 Does Amazon Web Services Comply with HIPAA? Under the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, all providers of a product or service that ‘touches’ PHI are deemed to be business associates and ... Read more
July 12, 2022 Microsoft Rollback of VBA Macro Blocking is Only a Temporary Measure Last week, Windows users started noticing that Microsoft had stopped blocking Internet-delivered VBA macros by default without making an announcement. Microsoft has now confirmed that ... Read more
July 11, 2022 Study Highlights the Importance of Password Complexity Poor security practices are commonly exploited by threat actors, and one of those practices that stands out is the exploitation of weak credentials. A password ... Read more
June 30, 2022 Three Quarters of the Most Popular Websites Allow Bad Passwords to be Set If you ever need to create an account online you will need to set a password to prevent unauthorized access. While passwords can prevent the ... Read more
June 27, 2022 How to Reduce Password Security Risks Passwords are used to prevent unauthorized access to accounts and data. While passwords can be effective, there are password security risks that need to be ... Read more
June 16, 2022 Is Calendly HIPAA Compliant? Is the scheduling service Calendly HIPAA compliant? The service streamlines how businesses can organize meetings – saving time and improving productivity by eliminating the confusion ... Read more
June 9, 2022 Sharing Patient Information with Family Over the Phone When sharing patient information with family over the phone, healthcare providers need to ensure they verify who they are speaking to, that the patient has ... Read more
May 25, 2022 Dashlane versus Password Boss Our Dashlane versus Password Boss comparison comes with the caveat that Password Boss may soon be leaving the individual and business market to focus solely ... Read more
May 21, 2022 Dashlane versus 1Password Our comparison of Dashlane versus 1Password pits two of the most popular password managers against each other to establish whether either is the best option ... Read more
May 18, 2022 Padloc versus LastPass It is not common to find Padloc versus LastPass comparisons because, until the launch of V3 in 2019, Padlock had very few capabilities to compare ... Read more
May 17, 2022 RoboForm versus LastPass If you are one of the thousands of people who have resisted the temptation to switch from the LastPass password manager to a securer alternative, ... Read more
May 10, 2022 Popular Password Manager Adds Unique Username Generator Password managers are low-cost security solutions that can significantly improve security by helping people avoid bad password practices. Oftentimes, all that stands between a hacker ... Read more
May 6, 2022 FBI: More than $43 Billion has been Lost to BEC Scams Since 2016 Business email compromise (BEC) scams are the leading cause of losses to cybercrime. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), reported losses between ... Read more
April 30, 2022 Report Shows Slight Improvement in User Password Security A report published by Bitwarden ahead of World Password Day shows a slight improvement in user password security compared to a similar report published last ... Read more
April 28, 2022 What Are Zero Knowledge Password Managers? Many password managers advertise themselves as zero knowledge password managers, claiming that end-to-end encryption prevents vendors and their employees from knowing what credentials are maintained ... Read more
April 18, 2022 What are Password Salting and Password Peppering? Password salting and password peppering are two methods of preventing hashed passwords from being deciphered by hackers using brute force techniques or rainbow tables. Unfortunately, ... Read more
April 15, 2022 Expert Insights Announces Winners of Spring 2022 Best-Of Awards with TitanHQ Collecting 5 Awards Expert Insights, an online publication that provides insights into enterprise business IT and cybersecurity solutions, has announced the winners of the Expert Insights Spring 2022 ... Read more
April 8, 2022 HHS Seeks Comment on HITECH Act Requirements Concerning HIPAA Enforcement The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has requested comments from the public on two outstanding requirements of the ... Read more
March 30, 2022 Why Personal Password Vaults are an Important Security Feature of Business Password Managers When an organization implements a business-wide, vault-based password manager, personal password vaults can be seen as “a nice thing to have” rather than an important ... Read more
March 29, 2022 Agreement In Principle Reached Between EU and US on Replacement for EU-US Privacy Shield The EU and US have an agreement in principle on a framework to replace the EU-US Privacy Shield, which was invalidated by the Schrems II ... Read more
March 7, 2022 Survey Highlights Struggles Companies Have with User-Friendly Access Management The password manager provider LastPass has recently published the findings of an IDC Global Survey on Identity and Access Management that has revealed many businesses ... Read more
March 6, 2022 Think Password Strength Rather Than Password Length Some people believe that password strength is dependent on password length, and the longer a password is, the harder it is for bad actors to ... Read more
March 4, 2022 HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Director Urges HIPAA-Regulated Entities to Improve Cybersecurity In the United States, healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and business associates of those entities are required to comply with the standards of the ... Read more
February 17, 2022 TitanHQ Acquires Cyber Risk Aware to Add Security Awareness Training to its Cybersecurity Portfolio The Irish cybersecurity firm TitanHQ, a leading SaaS business offering a portfolio of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions with a focus on email, has announced the acquisition ... Read more
