Legal Advice for Businesses Hit by Ransomware

Understanding Ransomware and its Impact on Businesses Legal advice for ransomware victims is a critical aspect that we at Alvaka focus on when addressing cybersecurity threats. Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts a victim's files, with the [...]

Legal Advice for Businesses Hit by Ransomware2024-09-03T12:00:32-07:00

Navigating Legal Compliance in Ransomware Recovery: Essential Factors

Understanding Ransomware and Its Legal Implications Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts a victim's files, making them inaccessible until a ransom is paid to retrieve the decryption key. This type of cyberattack can paralyze businesses and compromise sensitive [...]

Navigating Legal Compliance in Ransomware Recovery: Essential Factors2024-08-26T13:13:34-07:00

Managing Ransomware Incidents: A Comprehensive Legal Guide

Understanding Ransomware: A Threat to Home and Business Security Ransomware is a form of malicious software that threatens to publish the victim's data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid. This cybersecurity threat has become a [...]

Managing Ransomware Incidents: A Comprehensive Legal Guide2024-08-14T11:54:07-07:00

How Can An IT Security Breach Cost Me My Job? The Sony Pictures Case

I don’t normally give a moments notice to stuff that goes on in Hollywood, but the story “Future of Sony's Amy Pascal questioned after hacked email revelations” caught my attention because of the cyber security aspect involved.  So often I hear executives say something similar to “I don’t worry about our security because we don’t have anything anyone would want to hack into.”

That complacent assessment is wrong as most everyone knows since today nearly all hacking/security breach incidents are the result of indiscriminate malware that scans the Internet searching for vulnerable systems.  When that malware finds a vulnerable system most of them run automated code that looks for passwords, bank account information, encrypts data for ransom, etc.

In this particular case a ton of data was stolen and released.  The implication for Sony Pictures Co-Chairman is that her personal e-mails were....

How Can An IT Security Breach Cost Me My Job? The Sony Pictures Case2024-03-14T00:18:56-07:00

Unclear HIPAA rules permit healthcare data offshoring … for now

...Under the Final Rule, the OCR has the power to domestically deal out civil penalties, corrective actions and long-term monitoring, while the DOJ has the power to domestically deliver a criminal prosecution. Through enforcement under HITECH, the State attorneys general [...]

Unclear HIPAA rules permit healthcare data offshoring … for now2014-07-29T02:19:34-07:00

Schnuck’s Might Be in Big Security and Insurance Trouble, Can the Same Be in Store for Your Firm?

Is it better to insure than secure?  Maybe not.  You better dust off those old insurance policies that most of us look at all too infrequently.  Schnucks has been notified by their insurance carrier that they don’t plan to cover them for the lawsuits.

The problem that likely exists with your current insurance policy is that they were designed and sold in a pre-Internet era.  Data is not considered....

Schnuck’s Might Be in Big Security and Insurance Trouble, Can the Same Be in Store for Your Firm?2023-08-10T23:36:44-07:00

Obama Admin Releases Massive New HIPAA Rules

So, as if healthcare practitioners didn’t already have enough to focus on with Obamacare, HITECH and the Flu epidemic, the Obama administration through the Department of Health and Human Services, has released a massive pile of new regulations in a [...]

Obama Admin Releases Massive New HIPAA Rules2013-01-18T21:52:02-08:00

Who Is Guilty In A Hack? The Perpetrator Or The Victim?

This article is interesting not because the hacker is convicted, but because of the reader comments at the end. The first post defends the hacker and blames AT&T for their system not being secure enough and allowing a breach. The next poster says that is akin to blaming a bank if they are robbed because their doors are not secure enough. Another poster points out that both are to blame.

Who Is Guilty In A Hack? The Perpetrator Or The Victim?2012-11-22T05:02:00-08:00

HIPAA IS Leading Concern FOR CIOs

IPswitch conducted a recent survey of 100,000 end users who were asked about their most challenging compliance issues. According to the survey, compliance with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was the clear winner for the top spot. Of the 100,000, 38.2% chose HIPAA and second place came in at 29.3% held by Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). The next closest competitor for IT concern was compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) at a mere 9.2.

HIPAA IS Leading Concern FOR CIOs2011-04-01T04:21:00-07:00