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2106, 2018

Companies risk being held ‘hostage’ by IT without proper IT process documentation

By |June 21st, 2018|Alvaka Blog|Comments Off on Companies risk being held ‘hostage’ by IT without proper IT process documentation

Written by Kevin McDonald, Alvaka Networks. Originally published April 2016 on TechTarget. Kevin discusses the crucial role of IT Process Documentation. It seems that not a day passes without news of another high-profile hack, embezzlement of [...]

1306, 2018

HIPAA Security: Don’t Neglect Physical Workstation Security Safeguards

By |June 13th, 2018|Alvaka Blog, Healthcare|Comments Off on HIPAA Security: Don’t Neglect Physical Workstation Security Safeguards

With all the recent headlines regarding cyber security breaches, it is easy for companies to forget about the physical security controls they must put into place. This crucial element of the HIPAA Security Rule will [...]

3105, 2018

Three things healthcare organizations can do to help protect their organizations from cyber risk and security breaches

By |May 31st, 2018|Alvaka Blog, Healthcare, Ransomware, Security|Comments Off on Three things healthcare organizations can do to help protect their organizations from cyber risk and security breaches

By Oli Thordarson, CEO of Alvaka Networks I was recently asked to write a short column on “What three things healthcare organizations can do to help protect their organizations from cyber risk and security breaches?” [...]

2405, 2018

The Questions to Ask When Hiring an IT Security Consultant

By |May 24th, 2018|Articles|Comments Off on The Questions to Ask When Hiring an IT Security Consultant

by Jessica Thiefels, VP of Community Management for PolySwarm. Learn what questions to ask when hiring an IT security consultant, including insight from Alvaka Networks CEO, Oli Thordarson. If you can’t afford an in-house IT security [...]

1405, 2018

Legal quicksand: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements – Part 2

By |May 14th, 2018|Alvaka Blog, Security|Comments Off on Legal quicksand: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements – Part 2

Typical Shrink-Wrap Terms and Conditions While the type of terms and conditions found in shrink-wrap agreements vary greatly from vendor to vendor, there are a number of common themes. In general, shrink-wrap agreements include [...]

1405, 2018

Legal quicksand: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements – Part 1

By |May 14th, 2018|Alvaka Blog, Security|Comments Off on Legal quicksand: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements – Part 1

Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements are the fine print you see, among other things, when you click through terms and conditions in accessing an online service (e.g., in connection with a cloud computing service) or [...]

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