Well happy spring and Easter! We certainly hope that everyone is starting to crawl out into the sunshine so to speak. By now we hope that everyone is getting their vaccinations, starting some spring cleaning and preparing for what could be a fabulous vacation time for the first time in over a year. So we finally got some reader questions and thought we would dedicate this...

As a partner in a local Managed Service Provider Company, I get asked all the time questions like; “why do companies get hacked” or “why would a company/city pay a hacker to get their data back” and even “how can someone get hacked”? The short answer is a lack of understanding or that their company even has exposure to hacking. As a result, those companies are...

At this point most healthcare organizations have multiple types of specialized information systems such as EHR systems, e-prescribing systems, practice management support systems, clinical decision support systems, radiology information systems and computerized physician order entry systems. Email Most providers do not think of email as a “system”, but pause for a moment and try to imagine your world right now without email communication. We have spoken at...

Well seems that the hackers are getting over their Covid related slow down. From the numbers being reported, the hacker was slowed during the first several waves of Covid. But since the end of last year and certainly into this summer, they are all much more active. Recent reporting shows roughly an eight-fold increase in reported hacks to facilities, treatment center and medical devices. Most recently...