Tag: Best Practices

Ransomware, WannaCry and the Problem of Legacy Systems

The use of ransomware can be traced back to 1989, with the last peak in attacks recorded in 2013, until this past week.  WannaCry has impacted people, companies and governments in more than 150 countries and proven that the ease of deployment plays a role in the rash of security breaches. At PatchAdvisor, we advise […]

May 23, 2017

Healthcare as a Target of Opportunity

Generally speaking, most patients will tell you that there should be more security associated with their personal healthcare data, and they are absolutely right to worry.  Recent data from Modern Healthcare indicates that healthcare is steadily becoming one of the highest-risk areas for cyberattacks— with the Department of Health & Human Services reporting 106 hacking […]

April 4, 2017

Banks Shuffle Toward Formal Vulnerability Assessment and Security Awareness Training to Fulfill on Security Leadership Best Practices

The loss of brand reputation over data breaches due to lack of risk management strategies looms as a major issue for many banking executives, according to a 2017 Ponemon Institute Study.  But, the industry remains unclear as to just what security leadership should look like.  About half have not put any budget dollars to security […]

February 28, 2017