Why Establish a Security Culture
Five “Security Culture” Markers to Aim for in your Organization: Cybersecurity is a top-down, strategic part of the company’s vision –Security is linked to business goals and relevant to board-level decisions You’ve determined a “data blueprint” of how data is used –Your team understands the context in which the data is created and used, and... Continue reading
Why Healthcare Has a Cyberattack Target On It…
We’ve all heard by now that healthcare is seriously lagging in cybersecurity effectiveness. According to a recent study, healthcare ranked 15th out of 18 major U.S. industries in terms of overall cyber health. Another study indicates that in the past seven years, 2,149 breaches have occurred, amounting to 176.4 million patient records disclosed. If you’re... Continue reading
Security Breaches: Surprising Fact of Employee Snooping
Secure your healthcare information so you’re not at risk for security breaches! According to a recent privacy breach survey of healthcare providers – 70% of which admitted to having at least one security breach – 35% attributed the breach to unauthorized access by their own employees. Take note of that stat: essentially, the survey found... Continue reading
DevSecOps Mindset Promotes Better Security
Changing a company’s security culture is hard sometimes. Consider the techy world of applications development, if you will. (Even if this doesn’t apply strictly to you, the lessons are helpful). Typically, as one network security expert points out, the old ways of bringing usable software to market involved “every man to his island.” You had an IT... Continue reading