Cyber Incident Prevention Best Practices for Small Businesses 

As a small business owner, you may think you are “too small” to be the target of cybercrime because you aren’t a large, multimillion-dollar company. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Although the media mainly focuses on attacks on big businesses, small businesses are low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals.   Cybercriminals know that small businesses …

Don’t Fall for These Cyber Insurance Myths 

As the world increasingly moves online, so do the risks to our businesses. Cyber insurance is one way to help your business recover following a cyberattack. It covers financial losses caused by events such as data breaches, cyber theft, ransomware and more.  Cyber insurance can be beneficial in many ways since it typically covers the …

How an IT Service Provider Can Help With Cyber Insurance 

When looking for cyber insurance for your small business, you may find it hard to navigate technology and insurance jargon. There are even different types of cyber coverage and you might not be sure what you need because you’re not a cybersecurity expert. Plus, once you do have coverage, there’s always the risk of not …

3 Types of Cyber Insurance You Need to Know About 

As the world becomes more digitized and cybercrime increases, the need for cyber insurance is something businesses should not overlook. If your company handles, transmits or stores sensitive data, you need to know about cyber insurance.  Cyber insurance is intended to protect businesses from the monetary losses arising from a cyber incident that could jeopardize …

The Dangers Within: Understanding Insider Threats 

With most companies embracing remote or hybrid workforce models in the wake of the pandemic, cybersecurity threats have grown rapidly across the world. Insider risk has become a key problem for businesses — a risk that must be investigated, well understood and dealt with from the top down. An insider threat could be anything from …

Amazon charged by FTC with violating children’s privacy laws by keeping Alexa voice recordings of kids

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have charged Amazon with violating children’s privacy laws by keeping Alexa voice recordings of kids indefinitely and undermining parents’ deletion requests. The FTC alleges that Amazon prevented parents from exercising their deletion rights, kept sensitive voice and geolocation data for years, and used it …

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

From the CISA web site: “Google has released Chrome version 99.0.4844.51 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Release Note and apply the necessary updates.” Read the full story…

HIPAA Enforcement Action: Dr. U. Phillip Igbinadolor, D.M.D. & Associates, P.A. (UPI)

From the HHS web site: “Dr. U. Phillip Igbinadolor, D.M.D. & Associates, P.A. (UPI), a dental practice with offices in Charlotte and Monroe, North Carolina, impermissibly disclosed a patient’s PHI on a webpage in response to a negative online review.  UPI did not respond to OCR’s data request, did not respond or object to an …

HIPAA Enforcement Action: Dr. Donald Brockley, D.D.M.

From the HHS site: “Dr. Donald Brockley, D.D.M., a solo dental practitioner in Butler, Pennsylvania, failed to provide a patient with a copy of their medical record.  After being issued a Notice of Proposed Determination, Dr. Donald Brockley, D.D.M requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge.  The litigation was resolved before the court made …

HIPAA Enforcement Action: Northcutt Dental-Fairhope, LLC (Northcutt Dental)

From the HHS website “Northcutt Dental-Fairhope, LLC (Northcutt Dental), a dental practice in Fairhope, Alabama, who impermissibly disclosed its patients’ PHI to a campaign manager and a third-party marketing company hired to help with a state senate election campaign, agreed to take corrective action and pay $62,500 to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy …