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Many Stratix Systems clients accept credit and debit cards in their work, so we want to update you on the latest data security thinking for the Payment Card Industry. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security standards designed to ensure the protection of credit and debit cardholder data. […]

It’s becoming increasingly important for business owners, senior managers, and non-IT leaders to understand, at minimum, the basics of cybersecurity. Unfortunately, the cybersecurity industry doesn’t make it easy, with dozens of acronyms, dense jargon, and highly technical explanations of even simple concepts. That’s why we’ve designed our cybersecurity glossary as a primer for non-IT professionals.

According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2022 report, the average cost of a data breach in the United States was $9.44 million. The high cost and the increasing risk of a breach has led the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to propose new disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies. These rules aim

Cybersecurity isn’t a one-time, set-it-and-forget-it process. Instead, organizations that are serious about preventing attacks will need to be diligent in keeping their defenses up and running. When it comes to assessing and testing the security of a network to determine the existence of weaknesses in defenses, prudent organizations will work towards finding immediate solutions. For

No matter how big or small your company is, security misconfigurations will always be a topic of discussion. Security misconfigurations, the number 5 on the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Top 10 in 2021, are the classic holes in security that most companies could have pop up at any given time. Missing patches, out-of-date

Healthcare web applications provide access for patients to make appointments and obtain copies of test results and medical records, but they may also put your practice at serious risk of a data breach. In an advisory issued on July 21, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned that

Patch management is the practice of keeping software up to date through software updates. The updates, called patches, are necessary to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, which is essential to ensuring system uptime and protecting from cyberthreats and vulnerabilities. Fixing bugs ensures that your system works as intended. Bugs are errors in software programming that

Nowadays, there is an abundance of services revolving around cybersecurity. There are gaps and problems and tools are built to solve these problems and address these gaps. The issue is when a security program is built around these products, but no one has done the basics. When dealing with cybersecurity issues, it can be easy

Cyber-attacks can leave companies wondering “how could this happen to us?” so, when these situations arise, it can help to know what might be motivating these attackers. What motivates a cybercriminal? Often, we can use an acronym called M.I.C.E to do a quick analysis. M – Money I – Ideology C – Compromise E –

Cybersecurity isn’t a one-time, set-it-and-forget-it process. Instead, organizations that want to proactively eliminate cyber threats need diligent assessment and testing procedures to ensure their defenses are up to date. When it comes to assessing and/or testing the security posture of a network to determine the existence of weaknesses in defenses, prudent organizations will work towards