Companies that find themselves in the predicament of needing cybersecurity assistance, but don’t have the necessary funds to keep everything in-house could go a few different routes. They could either have a part-time IT crew filled with individual freelancers or call on the services of a managed IT service provider (MSP).
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What Is Mobile Device Management ?
Mobile phones and devices have proved indispensable — they’re our calendars, our connection to the social world, and at times, our workstation. While this is great for the traveling salesman or the employee on the go, for IT departments, mobile devices constitute one collective security risk.
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5 Data Security Methods for Large Businesses
Data security is not just about implementing the latest tools. While tools and software are critical, good security is also about a process. The methods companies use and the procedures they develop determine the impact and scale of a cybersecurity attack. Security weaknesses lie not just in systems, but in people too. Learn about the top data security methods for large businesses with this comprehensive blog post.
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Does PCI Compliance Apply to Payment Facilitators?
The last thing anyone wants is to become a victim of fraud. Losing hard-earned money to a nefarious or ill-equipped website is still a fear for many Americans. In fact, in a survey on fraud in online shopping conducted by Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, researchers found that 59 percent of Americans believe fraud to be an inevitable part of online shopping.
Certainly then, ensuring customers feel secure when making any payments using credit cards is crucial to company success. Another survey on security measures conducted by Lost in Translation indicated that 71 percent of consumers are “open to the introduction of more secure payment processes such as two-factor authentication.”
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Why Is Higher Education a Common Target For Cyber Attacks?
Higher education institutions influence the business industry, defense industry, financial industry, and especially consumers. Moreover, they often partner with the government and private sector companies for research and funding. Wondering why colleges are often victims of cybersecurity attacks? Read on to learn more about higher education cybersecurity.
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How to Create a Secure Password For Your Email Account
One of the most important, yet most overlooked things that users can do to improve their online cybersecurity posture is to use a more secure password. The trouble with picking a solid password that is tough to crack is that it takes a considerable amount of effort and consistency on the part of the user. But staying consistent with this schedule of password configuration is sometimes more difficult than it sounds on paper.
With all of the potential password configurations that you could possibly create at any given time, it can be difficult to find one that will combat the threat of cybercriminals. That’s why we have devised an ironclad, comprehensive guide that you can follow to keep your email account safe for the foreseeable future.
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What Are the Different Types of Managed IT Services?
The scope of IT responsibility has grown significantly over the last few years. It has shifted from managing only a few computers to overseeing company-wide technology usage and instituting security policies. This expansion prompted companies to either expand their IT departments or create a separate cybersecurity team to help alleviate the pressure on one department alone. Another increasingly popular option is outsourcing IT management.
Are you aware of the different types of managed IT services available to your organization? Read on for our in-depth guide.
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How Much Does HITRUST Certification Cost In 2020?
Good results don’t necessarily come cheap.
When it comes to the technical infrastructure that manages data within the healthcare industry, it not only needs to be highly useful for approved personnel like doctors and pharmacists, but it also needs to be kept very safe at the same time. In other words, data on these systems need to be both highly secure and highly accessible. It’s a little easier said than done.
The ten biggest healthcare data breaches in 2018 ended up costing major sums of money and compromising millions of patient data records. Breaches in the healthcare space are rising because cybercriminals are gluttons for other people’s data, and hospitals retain loads of it.
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How to Use Security Certification to Grow Your Brand
In today’s competitive business environment where small and large businesses alike must compete with megaliths like Walmart and Amazon, creating a strong brand is key to maintaining a strong customer base. Of course, there are many aspects that you could implement to build a positive brand, but security for any company that handles or stores customer data or transactions is a key element of a positive brand.
If you want to be taken seriously as a business owner, you must ensure that security is a top priority as one customer data security study conducted by digital security expert Gemalto found. Out of the 10,000 customers they surveyed, only 27 percent of consumers felt that businesses take customer data security very seriously. Additionally, 70 percent of consumers said that they would altogether stop doing business with a company if it experienced a data breach.
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NIST Guidance on Mobile Security
Over the last two decades, the role of IT departments has undergone dramatic change due to the growing percentage of Americans who rely upon their tablets, smartphones, or similar mobile devices to accomplish their daily work activities. As is so often the case, this progress has been a boon in some ways and a mounting problem in others, especially for IT; on one hand, the Internet of Things [IoT] has made it so employees are more efficient, on the other, it has opened up a new Pandora’s box of potential cybersecurity threats.
Security controls rarely keep pace with the security risks posed by new tech. And in the case of mobile, security threats arise from both bring your own device [BYOD] policies as well as corporately owned and personally enabled [COPE] mobile policies. In response to this looming threat, the National Institute of Security Technology [NIST] released its “Guidance on Mobile Security Report,” which we’ll outline below. Armed with these security recommendations, your business can ensure that your mobile security practices are up to date and robust.