January 2022 News & Updates
Windows 11 is Here – Microsoft is wasting no time getting it’s new flagship desktop operating system Windows 11 rolled out to (often) unsuspecting Windows 10 users. If you find…
Read moreDecember 2021 News & Updates
The holiday season is also prime season for other criminal activity like porch pirating, charity and phishing scams. If you’ll be having packages delivered when you aren’t home, it may…
Read moreNovember 2021 News and Updates – The Holidays are Upon Us
The November “Patch Tuesday” updates are often the last “big push” before the holidays with many shops preparing to take time off over the next several weeks. These often unattended…
Read moreWindows 11, time to install / upgrade?
Microsoft recently released Windows 11, it’s latest flagship desktop operating system as a “free” upgrade and are aggressively recommending that users with potentially compatible hardware upgrade. Our standard policy with…
Read moreOctober 2021 News & Updates
Microsoft and Apple (oddly enough) released updates to bugs that are being actively attacked. Adobe released updates to a number of products including Reader, Acrobat, Commerce and Connect. The MyIT…
Read moreGlobal outage impacting Facebook, Instagram, ZoHo and others
Details are still a bit sketchy but there’s currently a global outage that’s impacting major sites including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, ZoHo and others. Additional details are below. https://downdetector.com/ https://www.northcentralpa.com/business/worldwide-internet-outage-takes-out-everything-almost/article_3f9d605c-252b-11ec-8ec2-771391c82d6e.html https://nypost.com/2021/10/04/facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-hit-by-global-outage/
Read moreSeptember 2021 News & Updates
Executive Summary Lots going on in September including updates from the usual suspects (Microsoft and Adobe) but also a couple of significant releases from Apple and Chrome this month. Test…
Read moreJune 2021 News & Updates
Executive Summary So far, June 2021 is a bit of a reprieve from the massive oil pipeline breach that we were looking at this time just a month ago. That…
Read moreEnhanced Patch Management Reboot Prompt
Your computer may need to be rebooted for some important updates to be installed. Failing to restart and / or install these updates can leave your computer and the network…
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But the HIPAA Security Rule doesn’t explicitly say anything about patches and updates!?!?
Technology is a requirement for business and is deeply embedded in modern healthcare. Although no specifics for patch management is available in the HIPAA Security Rule, healthcare providers who fall…
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