Tagged With "FERPA"

The Pentagon announced that an IT worker and Air National Guard airman was allegedly responsible for leaking top secret documents regarding the war in Ukraine. NBC News reported that a printed document was found on the street in Belfast, Ireland detailing the itinerary of President Biden’s visit to the country. IBM reports that time to execute ransomware has dropped 94% over last few years Bitdefender published report that says 42% of IT professionals have been told by their upper management...

Blackberry Research report: 12 malware attacks per minute U.S. is most targeted of all countries 60% of all attacks are finance/healthcare/grocery industries Top malware attack on healthcare from: Emotet, RedLine, BlackCat, Royal, Cobalt Strike and Mallox Critical Insight research published: PHI stolen up 35% 28 million patients impacted in last 6 months of 2022 Northwell Health of New York field a lawsuit against a former employee for illegally posting information on deceased patients.

Bulk of IT spending done through channel Research published by Canalys Inc. Total addressable IT market will grow 3.5% in 2023 70% of total spend on IT (products, solutions & services) is delivered by channel (dealers and resellers) Total of $3.4 trillion spent Forecast of 2.8% growth in spend in 2023 Top spend items: Cybersecurity Network infrastructure Cloud Software Digital transformation Sustainability Compliance (HIPAA, FERPA, PCI-DSS, etc.)

A Russian hacking group announced access to email addresses of 632,000 federal employees at Department of Defense and Department of Justice. John Costanza Jr., a former DEA agent, indicted for providing top-secret information to a criminal target in Venezuela for a payment of $73,000. Doctor’s Management Services of Massachusetts agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations of negligence after a cyber attack exposed PHI of 206,695 patients. Reeds Spring School District of Missouri notified...