Privilege. It’s defined as: a special right or advantage granted or available only to a particular individual or group.

In an information technology context, privilege is the authority granted to an account or process within a system or network. Privilege provides the necessary authorization to override, bypass, or otherwise move past security constraints to gain access to accounts or systems.

Have you ever logged in when you arrive at the office, clicked to get work done, and sat there waiting while everything loads? You wait, and wait some more. You open a new browser window. Maybe reboot to try and speed things up. You have work to do, and this is slowing you down.

Imagine someone setting up a profile in your database with the intent to fraud the system. Think it couldn’t happen to you? Think again.

Synthetic identities are created to look like real clients, but are fabricated by criminals looking for an entry into the system.

A mobile device management (MDM) policy helps establish rules for using and securing mobile devices within your business environment. If you leave this to chance, you open yourself up to a variety of cybercriminal behaviors.

According to Verizon’s Mobile Security Index 2021, 40 percent of respondents stated mobile devices are their biggest IT security threat.

Need to check your bank account? Login using a password.

Have to catch up on work? Login to the network with a password.

Ready to join your workout class via Zoom? Tap in your password there too.

Passwords are a big part of our lives, and have been for years.

How fast can technology change an industry? We’ve witnessed it first hand this past year.

In 2019, just two percent of acute care and long-term post-acute care providers used IT-driven strategies for patient care.

Compare that to the end of 2020, when 95 percent of all reporting health centers had segued into using IT in some capacity.

We’re a nation on the brink of significant change.

Thanks to a pandemic, we’re reinventing everything in our daily lives almost overnight. We’re learning from home, working from home, even scheduling meetings and appointments from home in record numbers.

Why did you get into the business you’re in today?

To help people
To make a difference
To change the world

We all have something inside that pushes us into our careers. We stay with a job for what it brings to our lives.

Yet unless you’re in IT and love digging into code, chances are you’ve never had a desire to deal with the problems that security breaches present.

Think about all the passwords you use to login to your daily life. You may type your first password in before you even rise to gain access to your phone. Then as you move around your home, drive to work, and perform your daily tasks, it’s a matter of logging in again and again on all sorts of devices.

How do you use Google in your practice?

Google is the behemoth in the industry. Most of us use it every day in some capacity. Want to try a new Italian restaurant? Look it up on Google. Have a question about local events? Google it.

And do we love using Google.