Tag: ProCircular
Cybersecurity: Perform routine scans
December 10, 2024Brandon Potter
Q. What are vulnerability scans and how do they help me?
A. Vulnerability scanning is a lot like a routine physical at your physician’s office but intended for your IT systems. These scans use special tools to look for any security weaknesses in your network, systems and applications. By doing this regularly, you can spot potential problems early and fix them before they turn into big, and expensive, issues.
Why care about regular scans?
Regular scans help you find...
Cybersecurity: Make breaches more difficult
November 13, 2024Brandon Potter
Q. What is multi-factor authentication?
A. If you’re like one-third of Americans, you’ve gotten a lovely letter from Change Healthcare informing you of what you already know: Your health care data was part of their recent breach and is out in the wild.
Why did this happen? Andrew Witty, CEO of United Healthcare, Change’s corporate parent, revealed that the root cause of the breach was a lack of multi-factor authentication on a particular service, and that...
Cybersecurity: Improve threat resilience
September 16, 2024Brandon Potter
Q. Is cybersecurity a critical risk in the HME/DME Industry? What are some basic things we can do to protect ourselves?
A. In today's world, cybersecurity is a critical concern, especially in the home medical equipment industry. The risk of cyber threats grows exponentially as these sectors increasingly rely on digital technologies for managing operations, patient records and sensitive data. HME providers are prime targets for cyberattacks, given their essential role in our nation's...