Great New York and New Jersey IT News & Information

Approximately 1.3 million Patients have been victimized during a hacking incident in the State of Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services.

So far, there are no evidences that point to the stolen information being used inappropriately. Nevertheless, the state is providing identity protection insurances to possible victims. Families of deceased patients are also being notified by the state. The breach was discovered after an independent forensic investigation that later on alerted the officials. According to Jon […]

Adopting Cloud: Security with Productivity

Cloud mobility, contrary to the secure IT principle, lets data to be accessed from any device, anywhere in the world. A SaaS application permitted by an agency, but securely to a single device, creates a diverging dilemma between necessary network sharing, and data security. App-level VPNs are still employed by some companies to preserve the […]

iOS 8 Will Alleviate HIPAA Security Risk

iOS 8 uses randomized MAC address broadcasts securing the user’s privacy. But before iOS 8 is out, MAC address broadcasts are still a threat to privacy security. Mobile MAC (Media Access Control) address signal gives us updated, unencrypted, presence and location from our mobile phones and gadgets. Today, it is possible to keep track of […]