Vaccinate Your Practice to COVID-19 Scams
With COVID-19 sweeping the planet, we have all had to change how we live our lives. This has created many new challenges to the way we work. Many practices have… Read more »
Using Two-Factor Authentication Stops 99.9% of Account Compromises
Microsoft released a report that stated, from their research, 99.9% of all account compromises could be prevented by using multi-factor authentication. The report detailed that about 1.2 million accounts worldwide… Read more »
You’ve Been Hit with Ransomware, Here is How to Recover
One of your employees comes to you and says there is a funny message on your computer. You make your way to the computer in question to find a message… Read more »
Ransomware Attacks on Small Businesses Can be Devastating
Right before Christmas 2019, Arkansas based telemarketing firm, The Heritage Group, announced it was closing the company down. Earlier, in October, the company suffered a ransomware attack that crippled the… Read more »
Are You Using a Weak Password? Here are 2019’s Worst Passwords
A weak password can bring down even the strongest of your practice’s computer security defenses. Passwords are the cornerstone of all modern computer security practices. Because of that, they are… Read more »
Hundreds of Dentists Offices Hit with Ransomware
This past Monday, around 400 dental offices came to work to find that their data had been encrypted with ransomware. The outbreak occurred when Percsoft and the Digital Dental Record… Read more »
Case Study – IT Service Company Causes $3 Million Fine for Practice
An IT service company can make or break a small medical practice. Computers are fully integrated into modern medicine at all levels including the small practice. Because of this, new… Read more »
Small Practices are More Dependent Than Ever on IT Service Companies
Nearly every practice in the United States today uses computers in the day to day operations of their practice. Most are using some form of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software… Read more »
Case Study – Lack of Security Awareness Training Leads to Breach
Among healthcare professionals, there is a lot of confusion about what is and is not considered a breach under HIPAA laws. For example, if a disclosure of Protected Health Information… Read more »