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Last year I read a blog, Star Wars: I Find Your Lack of Segmentation Disturbing and I found it to be utterly entertaining, but also spot on. As we approach the release of a new Star Wars movie in December, [...]
There is pending cybersecurity legislation that looks like it will affect almost every company on Main Street. It is known as the S.770 - MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017. What is S.770? It is a law designed to help [...]
Oli Thordarson, CEO of Alvaka Networks Alvaka Networks has a series of pages on various IT compliance regulations for sectors like HIPAA, PCI, DFARS and more. Many of these pages have web forms visitors can fill in for more information, [...]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued new guidelines regarding secure passwords. Who is NIST? NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency whose purpose is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by [...]
Our CEO, Oli Thordarson, shares how we provide effective Managed IT services here at Alvaka and explains the different tools that we use to keep our client's operations in check good running condition.
Critical Security Alert Please be advised that Alvaka Networks is notifying it's clients and partners of a particularly malicious and destructive form of malware or “Ransomware” referred to as CryptoLocker. Whereas the vast majority of malware is written [...]
If you're working with a covered entity's customers on HIPAA security compliance, you are considered a "business associate" under the HITECH Act.
