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With more healthcare providers relying on smart devices to engage with patients, the risk of IoT in healthcare increases.

Researchers from Germany and Hawaii demonstrated how communication from outer space—yes, outer space—is inherently untrustworthy. In their paper, they demonstrate how in the time and effort taken to decipher the extraterrestrial “hello,” we may miss alien malware that is completely foreign to us. They recommend completely destroying any complex message from space in order to avoid all risk, , or in other words, a zero trust policy. 

Securing data is essential for satisfying your existing customers and getting new ones. People and organizations want to ensure that their sensitive information is protected against breaches. Providing them with proof that their data is secure is equally important, because many customers require such documentation as a condition of doing business with you. One way to provide that proof is with a SOC 2 Type 1 audit. 

Given their ability to provide that assurance to customers, IT assessments, audits, and reports can be beneficial as you grow your business, whether you’re launching new products or services or approaching prospective customers who request proof of security.

It is no secret that healthcare data security has been lacking in comparison to other industries. With the heavy increase in cyberattacks and security breaches over the last couple of years, the healthcare industry has shown to be no less susceptible to IT security risks than other industries. In 2015, KPMG conducted a survey of 223 healthcare executives and found that nearly 80 percent of their IT had been compromised by cyberattacks. Additionally, according to KPMG, “the healthcare industry is behind other industries in protecting its infrastructure and electronic protected health information.”

False-positive cybersecurity alerts may expose organizations to data breaches instead of protecting them from real cybersecurity threats.

Information security teams waste time and effort tracking false positives—time that could be devoted to fighting actual threats.

A 2018 joint study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and Accenture continue to paint a bleak picture of the state of cybercrime in the financial services industry. Without enough IT professionals to thwart all the incoming threats, AI has proven to be a useful tool for cybersecurity in financial services. 

The study concluded that the average number of security breaches plaguing financial services firms rose nearly 10 percent over last year and cost the sector nearly double what it cost the retail sector.

With data breaches at an all-time high, cybersecurity practices are more important than ever before. Some may overlook password management as part of their suite of security best practices, but they shouldn’t. The truth is, studies show your chances of being hacked are close to 31 percent—approximately 1 out of 3.

In the wake of several high-profile cybersecurity breaches over the past few years, 42 states have introduced more than 240 bills aimed at reining in the frequency and severity of cybersecurity incidents targeting U.S. organizations. In New York, the Department of Financial Services enacted Cybersecurity Regulation 23 NYCRR 500.

Out of sight can’t mean out of mind when it comes to your customer’s data. With more businesses storing data online than ever before, managing security in cloud computing is more important than ever. 

Just because you store data in the cloud instead of onsite doesn’t mean you can trust its security. Cloud security has become increasingly important, because cyber threats are proliferating as organizations run more business and store more data virtually.

Cybersecurity challenges have become a major problem for organizations of all types around the globe, especially insider threats. It seems that just when one major breach is announced by the media, another more significant threat is there to take its place in the headlines.