Stanford Children’s Hospital Data Breach
A laptop was stolen from a Stanford University affiliated hospital on Jan. 9th. The computer contained medical information, and was unencrypted, although password protected. The breach has affected...
View ArticleFederal Breaches Highlight Need for Heightened IT Security
Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy had its computer systems hacked. Last Friday, an email was sent to all the employees explaining that their Washington location had been compromised, making off...
View ArticleSeek and Destroy: U.S. Energy Firms Warned of Recent IT Threats
Last Thursday, the U.S. government released a warning about the increasing risk of cyber attacks targeting critical energy corporations; seeking to destroy or manipulate industrial machinery in...
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Online Tech and Duo Security Team Up to Present Two-Factor Authentication...
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...
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Alleviating Healthcare Cloud Security Concerns
An interesting infographic by WeLiveSecurity.com delivers the latest statistics about health IT security with data from HHS.gov. They found that: Despite 91 percent of healthcare providers using...
View ArticleFederal DDoS Attack Warning Issued for Banks
In late December, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a message to CEOs, technology service providers, federal savings associations and other interested parties about targeted...
View ArticleCanada Loan Data Breach Affects 583K
On November 5th, the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada agency in Gatineau, Quebec found that an external hard drive was missing from their office. This unencrypted hard drive had the names,...
View ArticleWhite House partners with Facebook, others, to encourage two-factor...
The White House has a new campaign to raise awareness as part of Cyber Security Awareness Month. One of those campaigns is called “Lock Down Your Login,” which aims to educate users on the security...
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