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3105, 2018

Three things healthcare organizations can do to help protect their organizations from cyber risk and security breaches

May 31st, 2018|Categories: Alvaka Blog, Healthcare, Ransomware, Security|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Three things healthcare organizations can do to help protect their organizations from cyber risk and security breaches

By Oli Thordarson, CEO of Alvaka Networks I was recently asked to write a short column on “What three things healthcare organizations can do to help protect their organizations from cyber risk and security breaches?” for the ABL Organization. It [...]

1405, 2018

Legal quicksand: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements – Part 2

May 14th, 2018|Categories: Alvaka Blog, Security|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Legal quicksand: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements – Part 2

Typical Shrink-Wrap Terms and Conditions While the type of terms and conditions found in shrink-wrap agreements vary greatly from vendor to vendor, there are a number of common themes. In general, shrink-wrap agreements include the following potentially problematic terms: [...]

1405, 2018

Legal quicksand: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements – Part 1

May 14th, 2018|Categories: Alvaka Blog, Security|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Legal quicksand: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements – Part 1

Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements are the fine print you see, among other things, when you click through terms and conditions in accessing an online service (e.g., in connection with a cloud computing service) or as part of the installation [...]

2604, 2018

DFARS 252.204-7012: Terms to know

April 26th, 2018|Categories: Alvaka Blog|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on DFARS 252.204-7012: Terms to know

DFARS 252.204-7012 requires that, as a DoD contractor, your organization and your subcontractors must obtain certification of compliance. The deadline has now passed to meet DFARS compliance rules that put cybersecurity safeguards on what the U.S. government calls 'controlled unclassified [...]

1804, 2018

8 early warning signs of IT disaster

April 18th, 2018|Categories: Alvaka Blog|Tags: , |Comments Off on 8 early warning signs of IT disaster

I am flattered to have provided input for a story by an author whose work I have read for years. His name is Dan Tynan, and he wrote “8 early warning signs of IT disasters” for CIO Magazine. Here is [...]

804, 2018

Imran Awan case shows lax security controls for Congressional IT staff

April 8th, 2018|Categories: Alvaka Blog, Articles|Tags: , |Comments Off on Imran Awan case shows lax security controls for Congressional IT staff

By Kevin McDonald Investigations into the conduct of the IT staff of the House of Representatives raised alarms. Kevin McDonald explains what we can learn from the case of Imran Awan. Those who operate with high-level system access, [...]