Understanding the Basics of HIPAA Breaking the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act can quickly add up for many businesses regulated by this act. Most of you might know this as HIPAA. Ast a company millions of dollars annually, even if the breach is perpetrated by a contracted third party. These third-party contractors are often… Read more »
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Michael Drobnis, CEO of OptfinITy Named to Leadership Fairfax Class of 2017
Springfield, VA – OptfinITy announced today that CEO Michael Drobnis has been named to Leadership Fairfax’s Class of 2017. Leadership Fairfax is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to finding, training and growing leaders in Northern Virginia. Through the Leadership Fairfax Program, Emerging Leaders Institute and the Lifetime Leaders Program, Leadership Fairfax seeks to build leaders who… Read more »
How to Keep Your Phone Battery Charged Longer
We all hate the fact that our phone batteries run out of juice so quickly. But it’s no wonder they do since we rely on them for more and more of our daily lives, from GPS to entertainment to work emails, and once in a while, a phone call. One thing to keep in mind,… Read more »
Hackers Stole Account Details for Over 60 Million Dropbox Users
If you have a Dropbox account, be aware that hackers have stolen over 60 million account details from the online cloud storage platform company. Dropbox says it has already forced password resets within the last week, but to be safe, you may want to change your password, if you have not done so recently. According… Read more »
Frequent password changes are the enemy of security, FTC technologist says
If you can control how often you and your company have to change your passwords, you may want to stop the task of mandating forced password changes. Frequent password changes do little to improve security and could possibly make security worse. If you cannot change this regulation within your company, you may want to at… Read more »
Alert: Acer Breach Compromised Customer Credit Cards
If you’re an Acer online store user, double check your credit card info and ensure no fraudulent purchases were made. If your information was lifted, you hopefully would have been contacted by Acer as the hack occurred between May 2015 and April of this year. The assumed nature of the breach is perhaps due to… Read more »
Celebrate NVQI’s New Website
OptfinITy is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new website for Neurovascular Quality Initiative (NVQI)! After months of hard work and dedication, we are delighted to announce the new website, which can be seen at www.nvqi.org. The goal of the NVQI website is to inform Neurosurgeons about a new mechanism to track procedures… Read more »
KeySniffer Follows the Scent of Cheap Wireless Keyboards
Do you utilize a wireless keyboard at work or home? Do you type in passwords, credit card information, security answers, or other personal data? Possibly up to two thirds of all lower cost wireless keyboards are prone to hacker attacks. With “KeySniffer”, these hackers can have access to all data that is typed using the… Read more »
200 million Yahoo passwords being sold on the dark web?
Are you a Yahoo user or someone that once had an account and is also utilizing the same password for other websites? You may want to think about changing your password. A cybercriminal is advertising 200 million alleged Yahoo user credentials on the dark web. Yahoo says its aware of the claim, but has not… Read more »
Microsoft Sets Itself Up Nicely with Windows Store Loophole
All companies want to get the best out of their employees, which means efficiency at work and cutting back on options to lead employees to stray, such as apps and games on their computers. At the same time, all companies want higher profits and revenue, which for some companies, means luring these employees to buy… Read more »
