Security and the Mushroom Principle
A recent Ponemon study sheds light on part of the challenges for CEOs and their organizations in taking the right security steps to protect their enterprise. It starts with CEOs being left in the dark…
What healthcare organization executives can learn from a $3.9 million HIPAA settlement
Recently, Feinstein Institute, a research institution, agreed to pay $3.9 million for a HIPAA settlement; after a 2012 OCR health data breach investigation. A costly expense that could have been avoided if the institution had set up a holistic information security posture to cover all their bases.
Healthcare continues to struggle with good security
Every business has cybersecurity concerns, but one industry that has been seeing the worst of it and that seems to be the least prepared with data security is healthcare. Recent industry studies and cyberattacks to healthcare organizations, only three months into a new year, raise even more concerns…
Study finds businesses continue to struggle with the importance of security
A recent study by industry experts reveal that 82% of cybersecurity and information security pros report that their board of directors is concerned or very concerned about cybersecurity, but only one in seven (14%) CISOs reports to the CEO…
4 cybersecurity areas CIOs and the C-Suite can improve on to reduce risks
When you think about the recent ransomware incident at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where they had to pay hackers over $17,000 to regain access to patients’ medical records and control over their systems; you get a really good look at what it means to think of security as secondary to your organization’s operations. A proactive and holistic information security posture is fundamental to protect your data, but also to avoid disruption in your day to day operations…
3 things every security executive should be doing to get ahead of cyber threats
In 2014 the cost of breach increased by 15%, in 2015 by 23%, which means we can expect it to increase in 2016; also, let’s not forget Gartner’s expectations of 5.5 million new devices being connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) every day by 2016. It’s safe to say that security executives have a lot on their plate. Some helpful tips on what to do and what to avoid doing is a good place to start to manage risks effectively and keep security posture up to par.