Are you one of the many that have joined the personal fitness trackers revolution? The wearables market is exploding, with nearly a quarter of the US population wearing one to track their daily lives.

Of course, most of this new technology appeals to a younger audience.

How do you know if your approach to cybersecurity is the right way? How do you know if you’re protecting your data well enough to meet all of the laws and regulations on the books today?

The answer may surprise you.

The published version of all HIPAA regulations runs well over 100 pages and contains many provisions.

What if someone wants into your practice? What if they want money? What’s the easiest way in?

If you said email, you’re correct. And it’s not just the biggest companies that are susceptible. Your practice is more than large enough to gain precisely what they desire.

Have you upgraded things around your home and office lately? Chances are you’ve jumped on the IoT bandwagon.

The Internet of Things is impacting all kinds of devices in every aspect of our lives. Installed a doorbell cam? Or a smart lock? A digital personal assistant? A new refrigerator? Or maybe just upgraded your phone? Yep, connectivity is everywhere.

There are lots of ways your data can be compromised.

In the news, you may see some stories about data being hacked, while in others they talk about a breach. They are often used interchangeably, but in reality, they are quite different.

Quite simply, a hack involves malicious behavior, where cybercriminals find a way to compromise IT and steal data or hold it hostage.

When was the last time you downloaded a security patch the moment it was released?

Hours? Days? Weeks?

How vulnerable did that weakness make you while you put off the update?

According to tCell’s 2018 Security Report for In-Production Web Applications, even if you make the update the moment it’s released to you, it still takes on average 38 days for an organization to patch vulnerabilities.

A recent data breach put 100 million Capital One credit card applications and account information at risk. That means people’s names, addresses, credit scores, credit limits, balances, and other pertinent information is now ripe for the taking, and may be used in criminal behavior in the future.

As we release more of our medical tasks to artificial intelligence, we’ll see technology handle things way beyond what humans can do. Artificial intelligence is designed to handle repetitive tasks that can easily be identified using algorithms. Like diagnosing illnesses.

What if disaster struck today?

What if a tornado picks up your building and takes it away? Or your best employee resigns and walked out the door? Or a major medical issue will keep you out of the office for the next few months? Or a hacker breaks in and takes away all of your data?

There are a lot of things that can derail your business.

Facebook and security: these two words rarely show up in the same sentence together without loss and frustration being there too.

Through Facebook, the concept of “privacy” has changed in meaning. If you put your information in, assume it’s ready and waiting for the taking.