#cybersecruity

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Cybersecurity, Compliance & Audit Services.

A cybersecurity audit in healthcare organizations involves an external party evaluating systems to ensure adherence to cybersecurity standards and regulations. This process guarantees the protection of patient information and compliance with regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR.

Compliance audits help to identify pain points, security gaps, and areas for improvement to strengthen the organization's overall security posture. 

What is an Internal Audit 

An internal audit in healthcare occurs within a healthcare organization to assess its computer systems, patient data, and adherence to security regulations.

Internal audits play a crucial role in promoting patient safety, ensuring regulatory compliance, optimizing operations, and maintaining financial integrity. They help identify areas for improvement, prevent fraud, and enhance the overall performance of healthcare organizations.

How to Conduct an Internal Audit in Healthcare

1. Scope of an Audit

Develop a list of organizational areas to be evaluated (e.g., IT infrastructure, patient data management, HIPAA compliance). Establish the purpose of the audit, which may be assessing security controls, determining vulnerabilities, and measuring regulatory compliance.

2. Collect Information

It is crucial to gather a collection of security procedures, policies, logs, and comprehensive documentation related to previous security incidents or breaches

Analyzing historical data can provide valuable insights into patterns of attack, enabling preventive measures and response strategies for future incidents.

3. Assess Risks

Identify areas of vulnerability and threats where security controls may not exist. This includes fact-finding on incident reports of security threats to the organization's information.

4. Identify Security Gaps and Vulnerabilities

Conduct a comprehensive technical control, policy, and procedure review to identify any security weakness or gap.

5. Organize a Security Plan

Develop and implement a plan to remedy known vulnerabilities and security control weaknesses. It helps in improving security policies, introducing new technologies, and providing extra employee training.

6. Document the Reports 

Document all findings, including the vulnerabilities found, their severity, and the proposed remediation plan. Report the findings to stakeholders and gain their acceptance of the remediation plan. 

7. Follow-up

Monitor and update the remediation plan regularly to keep security threats in check and within acceptable parameters. OpenEMR software should be regularly updated.

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What is Security Testing And Types of Security Testing

Businesses and governments are highly impacted by the increasing number of cyber attacks and threats in today’s virtual world. Such attacks mainly target the customers’ data the organization serves. Therefore, there is a constant need to ensure the organization’s security. This is where Security Testing plays a crucial role.

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Kiran listens intently as Louis tells his story. The memory loss was troubling, of course, the whole thing had a definite mark of the supernatural. "That definitely sounds suspicious for some non-human influence." Kiran nods, pressing his lips together. A thought occurs after a brief moment. "I don't want to sound intrusive, but... I work in cybersecruity. There's no guarantees, of course, but if you wanted to I could possibly look in to your bank account. Trace back old deposits, see if I could find a potential source. Maybe a few clues to help piecing together what happened." His eyes flicker back up to meet Louis', a small trace of concern there. "If you felt ready for something like that. I'm sure all of this is overwhelming enough."

Kiran's brows furrow at the mention of Luke and Gabe, the plan for Gabe to tell him about everything properly. He can't help a flush of shame, the feeling of ruining what was likely going to be a more delicate way of introducing Louis to this world. "I'm so sorry. I'm sure it's all an awful shock." He leans back against a nearby wall, tapping his fingers against the surface. "If it makes you feel any better, you're taking it pretty well. I first found out around ten years ago. I was recruited, to work with witches - collaborate with my tech skills and their magic. When I first learned about all the supernaturals, I hardly slept for the first few weeks - the thought that I'd been walking around all this time with vampires and the like passing beside me... it was enough to have me questioning everything I knew about the world." The memory is tinged with a little sadness, it all seemed like a lifetime ago now. How wide eyed and curious he'd been back then. "I'm sure for you it's a million times worse, I can't imagine not being able to remember everything like that. I'd be willing to help you, in any way I can. I meant what I said before - us humans have to look out for each other."

“Overwhelming is an understatement.” He buried his face in his hands wondering about the people he met, was Gabe a Vampire? What was that Arjun guy? He was more than human. There was a lot that still didn’t make sense but at least some did. Why was he not freaking out? It was like had already been aware that that was an option? That Vampire and Witches were real. He took in a deep breath steadying the swirling chaos that was his mind right now. “I am missing about 5 years of my memories. The last thing I remember before that was that my family was in trouble and I was trying to find a way to fix that. Flash forward 5 years, I wake up in my apartment a bank account with a shit ton of money and no idea how I got there.” He groans a little and he sits on the edge of what was likely someone’s desk. Explaining this was so weird cause he felt like he was insane. “There’s this woman, Sana, she knows me from the time period I can’t remember where I went by Jack. She was so excited to see me and said she’d hoped I was going to be at this party.  I’ve already ran into dad… shit uh His name is Luke he was in this weird dream… that wasn’t a dream and he was my dad and it just kinda stuck. That’s how I know Gabe, he was my brother and we just kinda still are that way. He said he was going to explain when could but… I wasn’t expecting this.”

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[kiranrabari]

Kiran can't help the tired smile on his face at Gabe's joke, a quiet laugh even escaping him. He was well aware of the fatigue ridden bags under his eyes, the tussled hair and creased shirt - but, at least he wasn't physically injured, at least. The same could not be said for his colleague. "We do make a fine pair at the moment, don't we? Only one of us is needing crutches, however." He points out with a shrug, leaning back in his own chair. Though, his eyes do widen at Gabe's explanation. "You walked into a burning building. I do hope you had a very good reason for doing so. That bravery could get you seriously hurt one day. Well, even more seriously." He tries to hide the concern, even if it's written all over his face.

That concern only deepens as he notes the frustration in the officer's tone, something Kiran is sure is reflected in his own. He breathes out a soft sigh, a quick look darted in the direction of his office door to ensure it's firmly shut - and no supernatural-unaware eyes were watching. Then he stands, waving a hand over a hidden sensor built into his desk - in quick succession a holographic map of the city lights between them. A 3D make up of the city of VC, with the buildings and roads all alight with realtime traffic and daily buzz of city life. Another wave of his hand, and green glowing dots appear, marking the sites of the Artemis symbols from the night of the blackout.

"I've studied the locations, ran various algorithms - there doesn't seem to be an obvious connection in the sites chosen for the symbols, other than the obvious one: all supernatural-affiliated locations." Kiran frowns, looking over the illumination to lock eyes with Gabe. "As for the symbols, there's a clearly magic source. Pinpointing the exact type of magic is more difficult. From my time working with witches, it's thought that all witches have a magical signature, of sorts. But... if someone is wishing to hide that, it can be difficult to crack. And, in all honesty, that's not my exact area of expertise. We'll be liasing with Remington Tower, of course, to help figure that out. It could take time." He bites his lip, then waves his hand again. An array of red markers appear now, dotted sporadically around the different suburbs of the city. "I studied the VC powergrid's network, and possible breeches of its cybersecruity, just before the electricity dropped. I managed to track a few IP addresses - the possible locations I mentioned. Most are likely red herrings, purposefully designed to cover up their true locations. But... perhaps one or two amongst the mix could be real."

There's a delayed reaction, after having considered the effort of making sounds and movements again, Gabriel's lips twisted into a wry smile. "Yeah? You take a look at yourself lately?" he asked mockingly, but without menace. The state of his colleague would normally have turned even Gabe into a concerned mother hen who demanded that the man go home, take a shower and sleep for a week. But he supposed they were all looking a little rough around the edges after the blackout. "I ran into a burning building," he said simply.

In his heart he didn't want to press Kiran more after seeing the defeated look on his face, but his mind wasn't satisfied. He rubbed the arms of the chair while pondering Kiran's words. There was some indisputable truth in them. Like the fact that Artemis was always at least one step ahead of them, that they had never been close to getting caught, and even if Kiran's information was solid this time, Gabe couldn't be sent out into the field, and everyone else was too busy taking care of the post-blackout mess. "Maybe Luke can check it out... I feel like a fucking sitting duck, man, you've got to give me something," Gabe groaned and rubbed his forehead, "At least, tell me there's some connection to the green symbols around the city. Who could have made something like that?"

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Know the Skill-set Required to be Successful in Cybersecurity

Among the careers that have become relevant and highly-sought after over the past decade or so is cybersecurity. Those who successfully acquire their certification from a professional institute of ethical hacking embark on an even more successful career in the days to come. However, it also needs to be remembered that nobody can be a successful cybersecurity professional unless they have a specific skill-set. Anyone can, indeed, complete a course and be trained for all events and eventualities at an institution. Without the innate skills, however, it is a given that they are not going to go too far in their quest for a successful career. With that in mind, discussed below are the skills that one needs to have to be a preeminent cybersecurity expert.

Here are the Skills Need to be a Successful Cyber-security Expert

•    Incident Handling and Appropriate Response

It can be rather easy to get bogged down in situations that require a cool head, even for a qualified professional. However, when a skilful and cool-headed person is at the helm of the affairs of handling incidents of cybersecurity breaches, their response is in keeping with whatever needs to be done to undo the situation.

•    Audit and Compliance

It is imperative for an ethical hacking professional to ensure that they are up to date in their knowledge with the entire audit and compliance related matters. If somehow, anything gets overlooked, then the company can stand to pay hefty fines for non-compliance. Basically, the professional should be able to review the company’s compliance with the regulations in place. If anything in particular needs to be ironed out, then they should be able to do so.

•    Analytical Skills and Intelligence

When someone decides to learn ethical hacking, the institute where they get trained imparts all the necessary knowledge into the person. However, there need to be ingrained analytical skills on part of the individual, so that when they are practising their profession, and some security situation comes up, he or she should be able to detect the cause and solve the matter as soon as possible.

•    IDS/IPS/Firewall Skills

The thing that needs to be understood is the importance of a firewall in an organisation as far as being able to prevent unauthorised access into a network is concerned. The professional needs to have a thorough understanding of firewalls. Additionally, he or she also needs to have a sound knowledge of Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and know how they work with the firewall of an organisation to keep security breaches at bay.

There are the skills that one needs in order to be successful as a cybersecurity professional. With the number of breaches as high as they are in recent times, it can be safely said that the demand for such professionals is going to skyrocket in the days to come. If he or she has the above skills, then even the sky would fall short of being the limit for the success that can come their way.

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JRL NEWSWATCH: "American Hustle; What Mueller Found-and Didn't Find-About Trump and Russia" - Foreign Affairs/ Stephen Kotkin

JRL NEWSWATCH: “American Hustle; What Mueller Found-and Didn’t Find-About Trump and Russia” – Foreign Affairs/ Stephen Kotkin

“… Russian intelligence organizations had no need to collude with the … Trump campaign. They could manage entirely on their own to hack e-mail accounts, line up cutouts such as WikiLeaks to disseminate damaging material, impersonate Americans on social media, and study elementary research available in open sources about battleground states and swing voters. * * * … The report is incomplete in…

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International Cyber Deal Won by Rafael

Managing sensitive financial information and combating cyber threats are imperative for the safety and continuity of financial institutions. One of the major components of cybersecruity strategy is the establishment of SOCs - Security Operations Centers. RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems was

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Technology in films and games

Technology is apart of our everyday lives. We use our phones, TV's to watch and communicate with others. Technology is always portrayed differently in films however some show how it is behind the protective scenes the public have. One example would be the tv show ‘Mr. Robot’ a show about a young anti-social computer programmer Elliot who works as a cybersecruity engineer during his days while at night he works as a somewhat vigilante hacker. He gets recruited by a mysterious leader of a underground group of hackers who are tasked with taking down corporate America while also including the company Elliot works for, presenting him with moral dilemmas. 

In my opinion the show it self represents technology in a bad way as it shows the true nature of company's with money while also showing the danger without security. This is presented as we see how server hacks are done but also the influence this has on the person doing it. We can see Elliot lose parts of himself during this phases which could be related to his social disorders. 

This show portrays both sides of cybersecruity. We see how it is used to protect both servers and data for the company's which is meant to be the good side. Its where the hero is while we also see the hacking and servers being taken down while data is being stolen and leaked. This represents the good and bad in technology as a whole. 

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Google Launches Its First CyberSecruity Company, Chronicle Google Launches Its First CyberSecruity Company, Chronicle

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A senior Securities and Exchange Commission regulator said public companies will soon face new guidelines for how they report cybersecruity breaches to investors.

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New cybersecruity vulnerability with fitness monitors Digital Journal

SNPX.com : New cybersecruity vulnerability with fitness monitors Digital Journal http://dlvr.it/PtGglV

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Capital OneVoice: Back to School: Uncovering Tech-Savvy Classroom Cheating

McAfee, the antivirus company, found that 62% of US students in their 2017 Cybersecruity 101: Teens in the Classroom survey reported seeing or hearing of another student using a connected device to cheat on an exam, quiz or project. Naturally, only 29% admitted to doing it themselves. from Forbes Real Time http://www.forbes.com/sites/capitalone/2017/08/17/back-to-school-uncovering-tech-savvy-classroom-cheating/ via IFTTT

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How did the HBO hack happen? A cybersecurity expert has 2 theories

A massive HBO hack resulted in high profile episodes from Game of Thrones, Ballers, and Insecure being leaked. Cybersecruity expert Roderick Jones details two theories that explain how HBO could have been hacked and the ramifications.

The post How did the HBO hack happen? A cybersecurity expert has 2 theories appeared first on Digital Trends.

from Computing–Digital Trends https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/hbo-hack-explained/

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This is Why We Booked Tech Profits…

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We’re screwed.

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen tempted the fates Tuesday, declaring that we won’t see another financial crisis in our lifetimes.

“Would I say there will never, ever be another financial crisis? You know probably that would be going too far but I do think we’re much safer and I hope that it will not be in our lifetimes and I don’t believe it will be,” Yellen said.

Unfortunately, the market gods were listening.

They were not amused…

The Nasdaq shed 100 points by the closing bell. That’s a drop of more than 1.6%, plummeting the composite near one-month lows. The S&P 500 and the Dow also finished the day on their lows…

We’ve tracked the potential for a tech stock selloff since shares showed their first signs of exhaustion weeks ago. Investors set their crosshairs on tech stocks, with the FAANG brigade (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google) and semiconductors taking most of the heavy damage yesterday.

2017 has been all about the big tech stocks. Every financial fluff piece has marveled at their unstoppable strength. It should come as no surprise that the cap-weighted Nasdaq Composite is still up more than 14% year-to-date – even after factoring in yesterday’s selloff.

But if these conditions persist, as we noted back on June 5th, it could be time for this winner-take-all market to share some of its spoils. We’ve already seen unloved sectors like small-caps sneak higher as mega-cap tech falters. Now the big banks are catching a bid amid the tech weakness.

That’s why we cashed in some of our big tech winnings earlier this month. After posting gains of more than 30% in less than six months, it’s time for these over-loved stocks to take a break…

Even the news cycle is now beginning to turn against the exuberant bulls.

We recognize that politics and the markets are two separate beasts. But plenty of investors are counting on Republicans to score legislative victories this year.  So we’re already hearing about backlash after lawmakers have decided to delay the health care bill vote until after the July 4th holiday.

Too many holdouts are getting in the way of passing the bill that would ultimately repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. That’s made some investors wonder whether anything will get done at all…

“While this bill is important to some sectors, market participants are more concerned about the GOP’s ability to push through tax reforms (which are already priced into the market)” The Wall Street Journal’s Daily Shot notes.

Oh, and don’t forget the massive cyberattack that shook the globe yesterday.

“A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading from Europe to the U.S. and South America,” Bloomberg reports, “hitting port operators in New York, Rotterdam and Argentina, disrupting government systems in Kiev, and disabling operations at companies including Rosneft PJSC, advertiser WPP Plc. and the Chernobyl nuclear facility.”

You’ll no doubt recall the ransomware cryptoworm WannaCry. WannaCry takes over files and demands $300 to restore access. According to multiple media reports, more than 200,000 computers in at least 150 countries initially fell prey to the hack last month. Cyber threats are becoming a bigger issue by the day. That’s probably good for our cybersecruity plays in the long-run, but bad for short-term market sentiment.

Now we have the Fed running victory laps, political bickering and unprecedented cyber warfare dominating the financial news. After an incredible first half of the year for stocks – especially tech names – a summer pullback is in the works.

You’re already perfectly positioned to handle additional market weakness. We’ll remain on the lookout for any new “rotation trades” as the long weekend approaches…

Sincerely,

Greg Guenthner for The Daily Reckoning

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