Tag: data security

Online Tech and Duo Security Team Up to Present Two-Factor Authentication Webinar

Online Tech hangs its professional hat on being the leader in secure and compliant hosting services. Just a few miles away in our hometown of Ann Arbor, Mich., resides another giant in the data security business. Duo Security pioneered smartphone-based … Continue reading

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Utah Healthcare Data Breach Costs the State $9 Million

Last March, the Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) was hacked and 280,000 individuals had their Social Security numbers compromised. A year later, a report is released revealing that the state has spent about $9 million total on remediation – … Continue reading

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Data Privacy Day: Protecting Personal Privacy & Mobile Security

What are you doing to celebrate Data Privacy Day?  Led by the National Cyber Security Alliance, a nonprofit focused on cyber security education for online citizens; Data Privacy Day is celebrated every January 28th.  Data Privacy Day recognizes the 1981 … Continue reading

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Secure Use of Social Media: Ensuring the Privacy of Protected Health

I’m attending the mHIMSS Virtual Briefing: Securing Protected Health Information held today from 12PM ET-3:15PM ET online at HIMSSVirtual.org. The event features several sessions on the best practices for mobile device use, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy and practice; … Continue reading

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Small Medical Offices Big Risk to Data Security

  HITRUST did an analysis of U.S. healthcare data breaches from 2009 to the present. Some of the information they have found is somewhat demoralizing; the data breaches analyzed were instances where 500 or more individuals were affected, and there’s … Continue reading

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Capital One Latest Bank Hit

Tuesday, October 9th, Capital One Financial Corp. became the latest in the string of attacks on US banks. Their services were disabled temporarily, although in a statement Pam Girardo (a spokeswoman for McLean, Virginia-based Capital One) stated that “At this … Continue reading

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Michigan Cyber Initiative Reports ‘People’ As Weakest Link in IT Security

Not sure where I was last year, but I somehow missed the entire Michigan Cyber Initiative launched by the State of Michigan. If you did too, you can review their efforts at www.Michigan.gov/cybersecurity. After scanning the Cybersecurity Measures for Businesses … Continue reading

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Online Tech Speaks & Exhibits at SecureWorld Expo

The Detroit SecureWorld Expo will be held next Wednesday and Thursday, October 3-4 at the Ford Motor Company Conference and Event Center. Online Tech will be both presenting on a security panel and exhibiting our secure, compliant cloud, colocation and managed server hosting solutions that … Continue reading

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Social Engineering: Security is a Mindset

Social engineering is an amorphous subject. In essence, the idea is to coerce someone into giving you information and/or access that, by all accounts, you shouldn’t have. However, the ways that social engineers can maliciously get anything from credit card … Continue reading

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Securing Smartphones: Simple Steps to Avoid a Data Breach

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) may allow for flexibility, ease of use and mobility when it comes to employee productivity, but there are still serious security and compliance concerns to be taken into account. CIO-Today.com reports on the simplest but … Continue reading

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