Ordinary American businesses are legally obligated to tell consumers when there has been a data breach but are not obligated to have cybersecurity protection in place. However, healthcare organizations are not ordinary businesses. Because they deal with protected health information (PHI), healthcare organizations are subject to special cybersecurity and data privacy rules pertaining only to…

How much money can your business afford to lose if it becomes the victim of a cyber-attack?  If you think this question will never apply to your business, then think again. Twenty-three percent of small businesses and 43% of businesses overall were targeted by cyber-attacks in 2020, according to a study commissioned by specialist insurer Hiscox of businesses in the United States and seven other countries.  The average financial cost of cyber-attacks…

Ensuring cybersecurity compliance can be cumbersome (and a pain), but if you don’t do it, it can literally cost you your business. There are hundreds of controls, and numerous requirements imposed by multiple regulatory bodies and private industry groups. What’s more, organizations with global operations must face the additional and major challenge of having to…