Security Practices
The Non-Negotiable Rules for Secure Remote Access and Protecting Client Tax Data
Remote work is no longer an occasional perk during tax season , it’s the new normal. But remote access can quietly create vulnerabilities, and attackers know it. According to Verizon’s 2025 DBIR, stolen credentials account for a significant portion of breaches, often giving hackers direct access to accounting platforms or email inboxes full of sensitive…
Read MoreThe HIPAA Fine Waiting to Happen How to Secure Your Patient Check-In Computer and Digital X-Rays
Many people imagine HIPAA violations as major data breaches, but the reality is often much more ordinary. A front-desk monitor visible from the waiting room, a digital X-ray server running on an outdated operating system, or a login left open while someone steps away for “just a second,” these everyday lapses create exactly the kind…
Read MoreHow to Secure Your CAD Files and IP Before Sharing Them With a Partner
It only takes one shared drawing to expose months, sometimes years of engineering work. That’s a big reason why manufacturing has remained the most attacked industry for the fourth consecutive year, accounting for 26% of all cyber incidents. Attackers follow the value, and in this sector, they live inside Computer-Aided Design (CAD) files. These files…
Read MoreThe Silent Security Threat: How to Find and Terminate Forgotten “Ghost” Accounts Across Your Cloud Apps
Some threats are obvious, while others are subtle. Then there are the ones that linger unnoticed, until they cause problems. Ghost accounts fall into that last category. These forgotten user profiles, often left behind by former employees, contractors, or test environments, still have access to your cloud tools. They don’t trigger alerts. They don’t log…
Read MoreHow to Use Microsoft 365 Conditional Access to Block Logins from High-Risk Countries
It usually starts with something small, such as a login that doesn’t make sense. Same username, but a completely different country. That’s how you discover your company’s been breached. In today’s world, it doesn’t take much. Most breaches don’t happen because someone breaks in, they happen because someone manages to sign in. The FBI’s 2024…
Read More5 Non-Negotiable Rules to Prevent Employee Leaks of Client PII via Public AI Tools
What happens when someone on your team pastes sensitive client information into ChatGPT to “just make things quicker”? According to TechRadar, 82% of AI-related data exposure incidents involved personal, unmanaged AI accounts. 20% of uploaded files to these tools included sensitive corporate data, according to Axios. As generative AI becomes a go-to productivity tool, employees…
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