Author: Pete Hoff

HIPAA is an acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. But what does that mean? HIPAA defined and explained According to the CDC, “the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without […]

This segment is the second in a series looking at the changes in company focus after COVID. Small to mid-sized companies have significantly adjusted their business models to support remote employees with mobile capabilities. This shifts the need for improved cyber security protection and increased employee awareness of the threats to business resilience and customer […]

Cloud server outages, like the one that happened on December 7 with AWS, are happening more and more frequently. While the causes of these outages is up for debate, their impact is not. Businesses are aware of how much this costs them (and Amazon is, too) however, what can people do to reduce the impact […]

Security is something IT admins have always been paying attention to. It’s part of their job: to make sure employees and company property (including company data) are safe and protected. One easy way to apply security to your team is to apply the principle of least access. What is the principle of least access for […]

Since the COVID pandemic, small to mid-sized companies have significantly adjusted their business models to support remote employees with mobile capabilities. These changes have emphasized the need for improved cyber security protection and increased employee awareness of the threats to business resilience, and customer data protections. This brief report outlines three areas that businesses can […]

On Thursday, August 19, Wursta hosted an information session about the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Here is everything we discussed. What is CMMC and why do defense contractors need it? CMMC is a new cybersecurity framework and accompanying certification required by the United States Department of Defense (DoD). Essentially, it is the new umbrella […]