Biometrics Brings Us One Step Closer to Eliminating Passwords for Good

There are two primary means of authentication in use today: basic and multifactor. With basic authentication, the user ID and password are the most common. Recently, however, you have likely seen the ...
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The 4 Most Important Takeaways for Technical Safeguards and Compliance

StrongKey and Smith Anderson Law recently co-hosted a round table discussion on technical safeguards with approximately 20 executives from industries including government, healthcare, software, IT, an...
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Duty of Care and Information Security

The Hippocratic oath and the principles embodied in “duty of care” guide the daily actions of healthcare providers. But when it comes to information security and protecting sensitive PHI, is the healt...
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The Two Network Security Tools Your Mid-Sized Business Needs

Encryption and authentication — let's learn more about why your company needs these security tools. Because IT staff and resources are often sparse within mid-sized businesses, they see the public clo...
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DevSecOps Begins at the Application Layer

In the fast-moving world of DevOps, security sometimes got left by the wayside on the way to the next iteration. But today's threat landscape is so perilous that developers need to have solid security...
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Mid-sized Healthcare Organizations Need Enterprise-sized Security

Mid-sized healthcare facilities are facing serious network threats. For instance, an Osterman Research report revealed that the healthcare industry is exceptionally vulnerable to ransomware. The repor...
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Marriott—the 500M Record Scandal Marring the Hospitality Industry

I have been a customer of Marriott for over 25 years. With some exceptions, the Marriott chain has been able to hold onto my loyalty with their service better than banks, credit card issuers, airlines...
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Why Mid-Size Businesses Must Have Enterprise-Grade Security

Just because mid-market businesses are smaller doesn’t mean they should act small when it comes to cybersecurity. The percentage of mid-market businesses that have experienced a cyber-attack is up fro...
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ACT Quickly to Ensure the Safety of Your Data

Keeping a financial services organization’s data safe can seem like mission impossible, but focusing on the application layer will eliminate the vast majority of data breach risks. Within this layer, ...
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