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Businesses Should Work With HIPAA-Compliant IT Services

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  It’s 2024 and so there’s no secret that businesses must ensure that their IT infrastructure is not only efficient and reliable but also compliant with industry regulations. For healthcare-related businesses, this includes adhering to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Partnering with a HIPAA-compliant Managed IT Service Provider can offer numerous benefits. Here’s why:   Ensuring Regulatory Compliance Healthcare providers and businesses handling sensitive patient information must comply with HIPAA regulations. Non-compliance can result in severe penalties, both financially and legally. Managed IT service providers specializing in HIPAA compliance ensure that all systems and processes adhere to these stringent regulations. This compliance helps protect your business from potential fines and legal actions.   Protecting Sensitive Data HIPAA-compliant IT support services are designed to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI). These managed
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Physical Data Backups Are Great Additions to Your Cloud Backup

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  Data is one of the most valuable assets for businesses. From critical financial records to sensitive customer information, safeguarding your data is crucial. While cloud backup solutions offer convenience and accessibility, having a physical data backup is equally important. Here’s why combining both strategies is essential for comprehensive data protection.   Comprehensive Data Security Relying solely on cloud backups can leave your business vulnerable to various risks. Cyberattacks, such as ransomware, can compromise cloud storage, potentially leading to data loss or corruption. Physical data backups provide an additional layer of security, ensuring your data remains intact even if your cloud storage is compromised. ClickAway can help you implement a robust data protection strategy that includes both cloud and physical backups.   Protection Against Cloud Failures Cloud services, though reliable, are not immune to outages and failures. Events like server downtimes, cyber
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Custom Computers – How to Select Components

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  Introduction: So, you want a custom desktop computer. There is a lot to consider. The objective for building a custom computer is to select a set of components that when assembled produces a system for your particular use with your personal best tradeoffs among performance, quality, physical size, aesthetics, power consumption, ability to adapt to the future, and of course, cost. Customs are built from the following components: 1. CPU 2. Graphics Card 3. Motherboard 4. RAM 5. Storage 6. CPU Cooler 7. Power Supply Unit 8. Case and Fans 9. Operating System To select a set of components, start with the custom’s primary task. Custom computers are usually built for gaming, trading, 3D modeling, video editing, or AI. The first step is to determine the performance requirements for your platform. If you are a gamer, what games do you want to play and at what level? What are the recommended requirements for those games at the level you want to play? If you want a cus
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Passwords – How to Make Sure They Are Secure

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  Introduction: Everybody who signs into websites or uses secure applications has passwords – probably a bunch of them. How secure are your passwords? Are you sure? This post may shake your confidence, but it will also guide you on how to create and use secure passwords.   How Easy Is It to Crack Passwords? Websites and applications do not save your password in text form; they save a cryptographic hash of it. Passwords like “password”, a pet name, or a common word can be cracked almost instantly using a special dictionary of common password components. It was based on the time to crack a password hash using a desktop computer with a top-of-the-line graphics card and the time using cloud computer resources. At best, these are optimistic estimates. Bottom Line: your current passwords probably are not strong enough.   Password Security: Three attributes are critical to creating truly secure passwords: ·   Length ·   Randomness ·   Uniqueness Typically, websites
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How to Travel with Your Tech

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  Introduction: We have grown very dependent on our technology devices, so it’s natural to want to take them with us when we travel. However, traveling with phones, tablets, or laptop computers exposes them to more threats than normal including liquid and physical damage, theft, loss, and cyber attacks. Planes, cars, trains, and hotels are technology-hostile environments. The following recommendations are gleaned from millions of miles of business and personal travel as well as customer experiences.   Liquid Damage: Don’t put a water bottle in the same backpack or carryon as your phone, tablet, or laptop computer. Seems obvious, but we see the consequences all the time. Water bottles are prone to leaking anyway, but on planes, the pressure changes significantly increase the probabilities. Don’t have drinks and your devices on airplane seatback trays at the same time. Turbulence or someone accidentally bumping into the seat or tray can cause liquid damage. Liquid spills caus
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Backups – Why You Need Then, and How to Plan Them

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  Threats, Risks, and Backups: Things go wrong. Devices fail and are subject to accidents, cyberattacks, theft, loss, fire, and natural disasters. You can protect your devices from some of these threats. Other threats can be mitigated but not completely eliminated. If an unanticipated event occurred that rendered your device unusable or unavailable, what would you lose? Does your device store irreplaceable or costly-to-replace data: ·         Tax, financial, legal, or medical documents? ·         Work products? ·         Photos, videos, or recordings? Maintaining one or more current backups of your valuable data and/or entire system is a critical security layer that can mitigate the risks associated with the threats listed above.   Backups: Backups are copies of your data and/or system stored on a different device or in the cloud. If you want to back up a Mac, just use Apple’s Time Machine, and if you need coaching, we’d be happy to help. If you have a PC, you sho
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