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Medical devices growing concern in healthcare IT security

Published on October 30, 2013 by Proficio
Practically every hospital and healthcare institution invariably depend upon medical devices.  These devices produce a sizable amount of data and despite the fact that very little of this data is retained for any longitudinal patient... Read More

Not Your Father’s Printer Security

Published on November 03, 2013 by Proficio
As printers become more sophisticated with more resources, the discovery of new security vulnerabilities is likely to increase. Hackers know that IT teams do not always prioritize securing networked printers and consider them an attractive... Read More

SIEM for the Rest of Us

Published on November 14, 2013 by Proficio
SIEM systems were first created for large enterprises and government agencies that were frequent targets of advanced cyber attacks. Back then, smaller and lower-profile organizations were able to get by with basic security tools as they... Read More

DDoS Attacks Expected to Soar as Windows XP Support Ends

Published on April 09, 2014 by Proficio
Beware of planned upcoming DDOS attacks. Hackers have been waiting for Windows support for XP to expire on 4/8. 95% of ATM machines and nearly 30% of desktop PCs still run XP. Large corporations with Microsoft CSA (custom service... Read More

Lessons learned from the security breach of Target Stores

Published on April 15, 2014 by Proficio
Now that the dust has cleared from the cyber attack on Target stores last year, it is time to reflect on what happened and ensure your organization is not susceptible to a similar breakdown in security. All the facts surrounding this... Read More

Anthem Inc. Security Breach - Healthcare Increasingly Target of Hackers

Published on February 10, 2015 by Proficio
Impact Overview On January 27th, Anthem discovered that the login information for database administrators had been compromised. The investigation is ongoing, but the data breach could affect up to 80 million Anthem customers. Information... Read More

Simple Cross-Device Correlation is No Longer Enough

Published on August 14, 2015 by kmaibaum
In today’s demanding security environment, companies are more than ever challenged to identify serious threats before they lead to a data breach. Using a SIEM tool to correlate security events is a good start, but an effective defense... Read More

Correlation, Detection, and Alerting in Real-Time for Active Directory

Published on August 19, 2015 by kmaibaum
Imagine how much damage a hacker could do by compromising your Active Directory. Active Directory, which is used by an estimated 95% of Fortune 5000 companies, forms the core services for security and permissions management. It allows IT... Read More

Cyber Security Awareness Month: A 3-Step Plan to Being Cyber Secure

Published on October 12, 2015 by kmaibaum
Step 1: Train your employees to be security savvy Some of the most basic, “expected” tools in security are often those most overlooked. Your first step to defense from cyber criminals is your employees. Having a security training... Read More

The Scary Truth About CyberSecurity

Published on October 28, 2015 by kmaibaum
With just two months left in 2015, it is shocking to find that this year may be one of the scariest years as far as data breaches go. Recent reports show data breaches to be increasingly common. And as these threats become bigger and more... Read More
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