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A recent article in the Los Angeles Times says, “A new analysis of government records, published Tuesday in the journal JAMA, found that close to a thousand large data breaches affected 29 million medical records between 2010 and 2013.
Nearly 60% were the result of theft, reported study coauthors Dr. Vincent Liu, of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, and Dr. Mark A. Musen and Timothy Chou, of Stanford University.”
This article validates Alvaka Networks and Noloki research that shows 53% of data breaches are a result of unencrypted lost or stolen PCs, laptops and tablets. Another large bulk of breaches are from poorly patched servers and applications. Our patching service and managed disk encryption service can provide enhanced security and safe harbor in the event of a breach, but most importantly, if you are doing both these things you probably won’t have a breach. If you are not actively doing patch management and disk encryption you need come up with a program ASAP or engage a firm like Alvaka Networks to assist you with that responsibility.
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Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed by Alvaka after a software patching sequence to ensure that the system is working correctly and to identify any misconfigurations or conflicts within the patched system.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.
You want to enter in a fully burdened labor rate for this field. What that means is that you want to take the base hourly rate, plus 25-30% for employer payroll taxes, benefits, vacation/holiday time, etc.
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied.