The Clear Perspective

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is now in its 17th year. In its 17th year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues to raise awareness about the importance of cyber security across the US. 

With this year's theme in mind, Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart, David Finn, Executive Vice President of Strategic Innovations, and Thomas Graham, VP CISO discuss the importance of cyber security for your organization. 

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CynergisTek has partnered with Awake Labs to discuss what a Compromise Assessment is, breakdown the concept of the compromise assessment, and why organizations should consider one. They discuss the technical capabilities and framework of a Compromise Assessment and what specific methodology is taken in order to perform a compromise assessment.

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CynergisTek has partnered with Healthlink Advisors for a three-part video series to discuss the considerations for healthcare providers as it relates to the regulations around information blocking including who is impacted, what is information blocking, key dates and what is impacted preparing health organization’s for the upcoming CMS 2020 Interoperability Rule.

Watch the video series:

Compliance Regulation Related to Information Blocking – Part One

Compliance Regulation Related to Interoperability – Part Two

Visit the ONC Website on Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)

https://www.healthit.gov/isa/united-states-core-data-interoperability-uscdi

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CynergisTek has partnered with Healthlink Advisors for a three-part podcast series to discuss the considerations for healthcare providers as it relates to the regulations around information blocking including who is impacted, what is information blocking, key dates and what is impacted preparing health organization’s for the upcoming CMS 2020 Interoperability Rule.

Watch the video series: 

Compliance Regulation Related to Information Blocking - Part One

Compliance Regulation Related to Interoperability - Part Two

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The Market for Virtual help is expanding. We’ve reached a level of specialization where a CISO simply cannot own all of the risk alone anymore. With the growing focus organizations have on cyber risk management, we welcome a new hat to the “risk mix”, the Virtual Cyber Risk Officer, A.K.A. a vCRO. In this episode of The Risk Perspective, CynergisTek’s EVP of Strategic Innovation, (and former CIO) David Finn, along with Ryan Stewart Manager of CynergisTek’s vCISO and IR Services discuss the new and emerging role of a vCRO. Together they dissect the differences between vCISOs and vCROs, how they complement each other, why a vCRO is needed, and more.

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Part two of our two-part series on mergers and acquisitions focuses on compliance considerations around M&A transactions. Together, CynergisTek’s compliance experts, Marti Arvin and Andrew Mahler discuss compliance roles throughout an M&A process. As M&A transactions have increased during the time of COVID-19, has there been a change in focus regarding compliance when it comes to due diligence? Is it ok for Chief Compliance Officers to weigh in during a transaction, if they have compliance related concerns, and where and how can third parties help during an M&A? Marti and Andrew will address these questions, and more in this episode which serves as a follow up to episode #4, part one “Privacy and Compliance Considerations Around Mergers and Acquisitions, Part One”.  

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In this episode of The Risk Perspective, we bring in Merger and Acquisition (M&A) gurus; Marti Arvin (Executive Advisor at CynergisTek), and Michael Loria (EVP at Brightcove, and former VP of Business Development for the IBM Security Division). Together, they discuss security and privacy considerations when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. Who should be involved, and when? What can the Tech field, teach healthcare? And How can third Parties help? Answers to these questions and more can be found in this easy to listen episode. Remember to tune in next week for Part 2, where we will dissect the compliance side of M&A.

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Ransomware is a trending topic for healthcare in 2020. So, this week we are discussing ransomware with CynergisTek’s CEO, Caleb Barlow. Should you pay a ransom, or not? Does cyber insurance help cover anything? Is it legal to pay a ransom? Caleb answers these questions and more in this week’s episode of The Risk Perspective. Listen now to hear a CEO’s expert opinion and recommendations on how to prep and respond to ransomware during the time it’s at an all-time high.

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An episode dedicated to VPN security…what more could you ask for?! Andrew Bindner joins us for an episode dedicated to Virtual Private Networks, otherwise known as VPNs. As a Senior Offensive Security Consultant of Red Team Services here at CTEK, Andrew has many conversations with clients and customers about VPN security risks. Now you too get to hear his expert recommendations. In this episode of The Risk Perspective, Andrew will address the need for VPNs, give his advice on immediate protection, discuss hardening endpoints (what is it, why is it important, and what is there to consider?), and passionately review best practice VPN security controls. This quick listen has everything you need to learn about the importance of and the steps to consider when implementing a strong and secure VPN. Something all organizations should consider while remote working is considered “the new normal”.

Healthcare organizations are adding tools without the proper security frameworks in place which is ultimately hurting their NIST scores. In this first episode, of season 2 of The Risk Perspective, CynergisTek’s Dave Bailey and David Finn (described as ”the CTEK Statler and Waldorf”) discuss what has caused NIST scores to decline over the last few years. The addition of tools, trainings, and the overall changes to threat environments are negatively impacting NIST scores. Healthcare organizations are learning the hard way... what was successful in the past, isn’t going to be successful today.