Celebrating 24By7Security’s 12th anniversary by sharing 12 client success stories. Learn how we help firms in many industries attain cyber resilience.| blog.24by7security.com
Annual security risk assessments are required by numerous regulations and cybersecurity frameworks, and deliver six important benefits for organizations.| blog.24by7security.com
FBI War on Cybercrime Update The FBI has announced 15 arrests, indictments, seizures, and prison sentences this year in its war on cybercrime As the investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is charged with exploring cyberattacks and intrusions that affect organizations such as power utilities, telecommunications networks, hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure vital to our communities. The FBI leads law enforcement actions against individu...| 24By7Security Blog
Cyberskills Gaps and Staff Shortages are Reducing Cyber Resilience Recent reports quantify scope of challenges affecting systems security Fewer than 15% of organizations are confident that they have both the people and the skills necessary to meet their cybersecurity objectives, according to a 2025 report by the World Economic Forum. More than 65% of organizations report a moderate to critical cyberskills gap. The report also cites a global staffing shortage of four million cybersecurity pro...| 24By7Security Blog
The Path to HITRUST Certification May Be a Rocky Road if You're Not Prepared HITRUST readiness is a critical step to smooth, successful certification An undisputed leader in cybersecurity assurance, HITRUST offers a complete and efficient approach to regulatory compliance and security risk management. Becoming HITRUST certified inspires confidence among your customers, partners, and other stakeholders. By demonstrating your all-in commitment to data security, HITRUST Certification enhances yo...| 24By7Security Blog
Adversarial Machine Learning is Fighting Back Hackers and other adversaries have found hot new targets in AI and machine learning apps Although some of us are adapting faster than others, most of us are getting used to the notion that artificial intelligence and machine learning are beginning to make our lives a bit easier, even while we recognize some of the downsides of AI. (Let’s face it, if today’s typical chatbot experience was our only contact with AI, the future would look pretty g...| 24By7Security Blog
ClickFix Scams Target Computer Users Across Industries and Borders Fake CAPTCHA screens, document error alerts, and phony Facebook messages infect user PCs with data-stealing malware A clever new cyberscam is wreaking havoc among businesses, hospitality venues, healthcare providers, and other organizations. The scam uses the psychology of social engineering to exploit our human desire to fix little computer problems ourselves, rather than calling IT or opening a ticket. Instead, a pop-up scre...| 24By7Security Blog
Why Healthcare Providers Must Comply with PCI DSS When patients use credit cards to pay for health services, providers must meet the requirements of the payment card industry’s new Data Security Standard As a healthcare provider, you are governed by the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) if you process, transmit, or store cardholder data. In the same way that your compliance with HIPAA is required to protect your patients’ health information, compliance with PCI DS...| 24By7Security Blog
The Changing Cybersecurity Landscape in 2025 Navigating compliance with the new PCI DSS, CMMC, and HIPAA Security Rule Looming compliance deadlines, relentless cyberthreats, and a shifting regulatory landscape have combined to make 2025 a challenging year for cybersecurity. While the effects of an evolving regulatory climate are yet to be determined, here’s what we know about impending security updates from the payment card industry (PCI DSS 4.0.1), the Department of Defense (CMMC 2.0), and...| 24By7Security Blog
How Human Vulnerabilities Affect Your Security Actively managing your human security risk is essential to effective cybersecurity Human vulnerabilities, leading to human failures, were responsible for more than two thirds of data breaches (68%) in 2024. The failures were not malicious or deliberate. Instead, they resulted from employees falling victim to phishing schemes and other social engineering attacks, and making human errors that affected company security. These two top examples of hum...| 24By7Security Blog
New HIPAA security requirements proposed by the HHS OCR could become law in mid-2025 with implementation and compliance due 180 days later, by year-end.| blog.24by7security.com
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2024 healthcare data breaches followed many trends revealed by Verizon and IBM data breach reports, but common HIPAA violations led to most breaches.| blog.24by7security.com