If you’ve ever wondered what Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are and how to find the right one, this article is for you. We’ll explore what MSPs are and give tips on finding an MSP that fits your business well. First, let’s look at what MSPs are. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) offer IT services for businesses …
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As a small business owner, you’re wearing many hats, and it is a challenge to know which ones to hand over to a pro and which to keep. Let’s see how managed services help increase your business efficiency. Often companies are looking for ways to reduce costs wherever they can, but this can lead to …
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There’s devil in the details of the various controls organizations use to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). We highlighted them all in a recent blog post if you want to read more. Broken out as administrative, operational or technical, HIPAA controls refer to the various processes, procedures and system …
The massive Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enacted by congress in 1996 is broken out into five different titles, with Title II being the one most heavily focused on security and privacy. Title II set, for the first time, key standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and …
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The shift in recent years to cloud computing has put seemingly unlimited computing and data storage capacity at the fingertips of the masses – from the smallest businesses to the largest corporations. Increasingly, there’s often little thought put into uploading that next batch of files to the cloud or spinning up that new virtual server, as the …
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On March 8, Home Depot agreed to pay a $25 million settlement to a group of banks for damages incurred during the company’s massive 2014 data breach. During that breach, email or credit card information was stolen from more than 50 million customers by thieves who hacked store self check-out terminals. It’s one of the largest breaches …
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The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council is the governing body that establishes the policies that all merchants that process credit cards – large and small – must follow. By following the requirements set in the PCI Data Security Standard, merchants can better protect themselves against cyber attacks and thieves trying to steal customers’ credit …
Uncover ‘Who Enforces PCI Compliance’ and its significance for businesses. Learn about the role of leading credit card vendors, penalties for non-compliance, and resources to achieve compliance.
The world of PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) is a fairly new industry requirement in the rapidly evolving world of online credit card transactions. With the first draft of standards coming on the scene in 2004, the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) has since released seven updates aimed at encouraging merchants to …
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Once a year, you gather your team, run down your data security protocol, patch any obvious holes in your network, and work feverishly to meet the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) annual audit. But PCI compliance isn’t a goal you aim to hit once a year. Hackers are constantly working to steal your cardholder data. They’re …
