The cybersecurity industry is consistently releasing new tools to combat breaches. According to Strategic Cyber Ventures (via Forbes), venture capitalists (VCs) poured an unprecedented $5.3 billion of funding into cybersecurity companies in 2018. As the industry explodes, you would think that data breaches would slow. Unfortunately, that is not the case. In fact, during this time…
The HIPAA Security Rule, or the security standards for the protection of healthcare data as it is otherwise known, provides a set of regulations aimed at ensuring the protection of patients’ health information stored or transmitted in electronic form (ePHI). As an extension to the protections outlined in the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the Security Rule was intentionally…
Secure data center services refer to infrastructure that is physically and virtually protected from external threats and attacks. The secure infrastructure stores customers IT servers and is composed of networked computers and storage used to organize, process, and store large amounts of data. For most enterprises that are considering moving to the cloud, data centers…
IT security must continue to evolve in order to survive and thrive. According to a survey by the Technology Association of Iowa’s CISO Roundtable, who reported findings at the 2019 Iowa Tech Summit, the average time CISO’s last in their jobs is only a mere three years. Industry research suggests that the average CISO tenure is only…
66 percent of organizations would not recover from a cyberattack if it occurred today. Is your organization prepared? Here is what every CIO and CISO needs to know to build or enhance their cybersecurity recovery plan. Disaster Recovery plans have always been the cornerstone of business continuity. When it comes to protecting your critical assets…
Hospitals and healthcare organizations are in the center of a digital revolution that is allowing them to evolve the outdated ways of capturing, storing, and sharing information. Technology is constantly changing to make the healthcare industry more accurate, more innovative, and move faster. To keep up with needs for greater IT infrastructure agility and performance,…
Lightedge Proves Continued Commitment to Compliant Information Security for Another Consecutive Year DES MOINES, IA – October 1, 2019 – Lightedge, a premier compliant cloud hosting and colocation provider, announced today the successful renewal of their 2019 audits. Lightedge maintains ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1 certifications and undergoes annual examinations and assessments for SOC 1…
Healthcare organizations and their business associates are required to operate in compliance with HIPAA regulations or face civil and/or criminal penalties. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was originally enacted in 1996 but has been amended several times in response to the changing technological climate. One major update took place in 2013. The Final Omnibus…
Location is everything. Whether it is the location of your house or the location of your IT infrastructure. Prime real estate has a major influence on day to day operations. Imagine what the business impact of hosting IT infrastructure in an office building instead of hosting it within a top-tier colocation data center is? There…