The HECVAT (Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit) was developed by the Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) as an initiative to help higher education institutions better protect their data, prevent the risk of data breaches, and measure the cyber risk of third-party solution providers.
Cyber risks are prevalent in all healthcare institutions, and understanding how to mitigate those risks is especially important in today’s cyber landscape. Cyber risk is the sum of all IT risks that can potentially lead to the loss or exposure of critical data, financial damages, reputational damages, and operational stoppages due to a data breach or data leak. Measuring cyber risks involves determining the likelihood and impact of each cyber threat.
Because cyber threats continue to grow in sophistication and effectiveness, cyber incident reporting is not only important but also necessary for other organizations to learn from and prevent making the same mistakes. Many governing bodies and federal governments around the world have begun to require cyber incident reporting to document the type of attacks used, the source of the attacks, and how the attacks occurred to better understand the threat landscape.
A regulation is a government-enforced set of security guidelines an organization must follow to increase its cybersecurity standards. A cybersecurity framework, on the other hand, is a set of guides helping organizations improve their security posture.
The digital threat landscape in the United Kingdom (UK) continues to evolve as businesses that undergo a massive transition towards increased digitalization and cloud-based migrations are forced to change their IT system operations. More importantly, UK laws and regulations must also adapt to ensure that UK businesses and organizations are working to improve their cybersecurity posture and IT infrastructure to protect data security and privacy.
COBIT, or the Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies, describes itself as “the globally accepted framework for optimizing enterprise IT governance.” The COBIT framework was designed to help organizations develop, implement, monitor, and improve their IT enterprise governance and information security processes.
A data breach occurs when sensitive information is exposed to the public without authorization. These events are growing in popularity, costing businesses an average of US$4.35 million per event. Unfortunately, many companies are unknowingly still repeating the same mistakes causing some of the biggest breaches in history. To prevent your business from becoming another breach static, adjust your cybersecurity program to the proven breach prevention strategy outlined in this post.
Cyber insurance is becoming increasingly important and necessary as cyber attacks become more sophisticated and frequent. Healthcare is one of the most targeted industries because of the valuable medical data they handle and the lack of proper cybersecurity protections. Although cyber insurance doesn’t prevent security breaches, it provides a safety net for businesses to cover their financial losses.
One of the biggest indicators of a suspicious or unsecured website is whether or not the site is HTTPS-secured. In many cases, spoofed, phishing, malicious, or typosquatted websites use HTTP instead of HTTPS, which has encryption and verification protocols built in to ensure safe data transmission between servers and browsers. The main difference between HTTPS and HTTP is that HTTPS establishes a secure internet connection via encryption, whereas HTTP does not.
A cybersecurity analyst, also known as an information security analyst, specializes in the security of networks and IT infrastructure. The role of cybersecurity analyst has a relatively broad job description, offering great opportunities for individuals looking to enter the cybersecurity industry and branch out into various cyber-related career paths.
