Cybersecurity on the healthcare edge
A new report from AT&T on cybersecurity and edge computing highlights a growing area of concern. The report shows that edge computing in healthcare is rapidly increasing, leading to more vulnerabilities in cybersecurity. These vulnerabilities, however, can be turned into...
Back-to-school highlights the importance of cybersecurity resiliency for educators
The rumbling yellow school buses and children at recess clambering on jungle gyms are becoming familiar sights. Schools are back in session across most of the country and while students have been having fun over the summer, hackers have been...
Whiffy Recon highlights geolocation vulnerabilities
Geolocation devices are great for keeping tabs on your teenagers or finding the quickest route to the campsite. However, geolocation technology is increasingly a weapon wielded by cybercriminals, and protecting against its use is problematic. Why are geolocation devices a...
MSPs need to be prepared for summer disasters
We have reached the middle of August and are on the cusp of peak hurricane season. But we don’t need a disastrous hurricane to hit the United States for cybercriminals to stalk their victims. The U.S. has already had its...
First NIST update in a decade: What MSPs need to know
Managed service providers (MSPs), chief information security officers (CISOs), and IT professionals have long relied on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for roadmaps and best practices in cybersecurity. The NIST framework was first released in 2013. Still,...
Insider threats continue to raise concerns
Much of the attention in cybersecurity has focused on overseas threats, such as the war in Ukraine and other robust cybercriminal activities in China and Iran. However, data shows that sometimes the most significant danger isn’t from some faraway hacker...
ATOs are on the rise, and MSPs can help
Recently, a catering company owner in Kettering, Ohio started receiving odd emails: a package she ordered from Amazon had been delivered, but she couldn’t remember ordering anything. Following the Amazon incident, she received an email notifying her that her life insurance premiums...
The state of healthcare cybersecurity insights shared in a new report
Europe, in general, has been ahead of the United States when it comes to cybersecurity regulation at the governmental level, such as healthcare cybersecurity. Still, regarding industry-specific cybersecurity protocols, the record is more mixed, with some industries ahead of the...
State of Cybersecurity Resilience 2023: MSP opportunities lie ahead
“Cybersecurity nerds” like myself wait with bated breath for Accenture’s annual “State of Cybersecurity Resilience 2023” report to be released. This is because the report never fails to disappoint in providing a “snapshot” of the current state of cybersecurity. With such...
Cybersecurity view from an artificial intelligence optimist
2023 has been the year of generative AI. Will it transform cybersecurity as we know it? Or will the status quo prevail as a continual cat-and-mouse game between the cyber-good and the cyber-bad? SmarterMSP is talking to a variety of...
