After more than a decade in service, the state police’s heavily trafficked portal showed its age and had become challenging to maintain and secure. AISN developers, using best practices and cost-effective strategies, rebuilt the site with a unique, custom template. This modern design makes the site responsive, fully accessible and easy to load – even … Read more
Cyber threats are a significant concern for business owners. It is imperative to defend your business from these threats. Not having a cybersecurity strategy in place is no longer an option. You must be proactive and take preventive measures to protect your business from cyber-attacks. Here are five easy ways to defend your business from … Read more
Risk Assessments Can Save Your Business Think risk assessments can save your business? You’re right. A risk assessment is a critical component of any organization’s infrastructure. They help to create an awareness of risk. In today’s threat landscape, specifically cybersecurity, it’s more important than ever to know where your assets live, fully understand the controls … Read more
Debt Collection and Audits for Collection Agencies Debt collection agencies with sensitive data need to know how PCI, FISMA, SSAE 16/SOC 1, and SOC 2 apply to them. If you’re performing collections, you’re no stranger to regulatory compliance and the proactive supervision of government agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial … Read more
IT Regulatory Standards Are an Alphabet Soup IT regulatory standards got you down? If you work in IT or IT compliance, you’ve probably heard of the “Alphabet Soup” of regulatory standards. Think SSAE 16, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FISMA, ISO 27001, and others. However, what do they all mean? Â Which one is right for … Read more
Healthcare and The Cloud We are excited to share our new infographic on why healthcare is transitioning to the cloud. Many healthcare organizations are beginning to leverage the cloud and virtualization, and we’ve outlined some related trends in our infographic. It’s no surprise that healthcare is moving to the cloud, as many businesses and organizations … Read more
By Terry Engelstad AIS Network VP, Network Operations Last month, a client emailed with the following question, “We have had reports of one of our external SharePoint users that ended up with a crypto locker virus. It is possible that documents from this infected computer got uploaded into SharePoint. In cases like this … Read more
By Laurie Head AIS Network VP, Marketing Communications The word on the street is that folks are going to have to wait until (drum roll, please) 2015 for the release of SharePoint 2015. (Big sigh, right?) In the meantime, as announced in March, SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1 is Microsoft’s latest release to … Read more
GUEST BLOG By Sarah Morris, KirkpatrickPrice Are you aware of the changes to PCI 3.0? The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Council has developed new changes to the PCI DSS requirements by asking one question: What will improve payment security? While the core 12 security areas will remain the same, several new sub-requirements have been implemented … Read more
GUEST BLOG By Sarah Morris, KirkpatrickPrice If you’re hosting data classified as patient health information (PHI), it’s always your responsibility to assure HIPAA compliance for PHI. In other words, take appropriate measures to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule. Beginning September 23, as a business associate of a healthcare entity, you can now be fined … Read more