I spoke with a healthcare practice in the Bay Area that had just gone through a surprise HIPAA audit. The results were troubling. Patient information was not fully encrypted, access permissions were inconsistent, and there was no documented plan for handling...
If your business has been putting compliance on the back burner, it’s time to act before it becomes a crisis. At Sagacent Technologies, we help businesses across San Jose and the Silicon Valley navigate compliance with confidence
The reality is this: cybersecurity compliance is not a luxury, it’s survival. IBM’s 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report found the average U.S. breach now costs $4.45 million—nearly half of that tied directly to regulatory and legal fallout.
Email remains a crucial tool for communication, but as technology evolves, so do the standards surrounding it. In February 2024, two major email providers, Google (including Gmail) and Yahoo, implemented new requirements for bulk senders—entities sending a high volume...
What does the FTC Safeguards Rule require of financial institutions? Does it apply to you? What should a compliance audit look like and who should conduct it? This blog post answers your burning questions on the latest updates to the FTC rule.
What is penetration testing in cybersecurity? This blog post defines pentesting and explains the demand for it. It also sets out various pentesting approaches and what you can expect from pentest reports. Finally, it concludes with a strong business case for its adoption, along with some principles to help you commission or conduct successful pentests.
With winter rapidly approaching, many companies are planning for the upcoming year. The end of the year provides a great opportunity to reflect on the previous year and determine where changes can be made to enhance your current processes. A process audit allows...
With the ever-growing threat of cybercrime presenting serious risks for many businesses, it's no wonder that many business owners are turning to cyber insurance as a way to mitigate this threat. Even just a few years ago, cyber insurance was considered a luxury or an...
Hardly a day goes by without news of another major data breach. As breaches become more common, security concerns are a much higher priority for many businesses. The average cost of a data breach is $4.24 million, which represents a 10% increase from the average cost...
Digital security has been at the forefront of many business leaders’ agendas. With the rapid evolution of many workplaces that we experienced in 2020, there are many new and emerging security threats. Digital connections now shape nearly all aspects of our...
Data privacy is becoming a more significant concern globally. While the United States lacks a strong federal regulation like the European Union's GDPR, it doesn't mean that there are no comprehensive data privacy laws in place on the state level, and many more are...
The COVID-19 pandemic may or may not be waning; its status seems to change daily, even a year after its start. However, many of the changes to daily life that came about as a response to the pandemic seem to be here to stay. Perhaps the biggest one is the tremendous...
A data breach in the healthcare industry costs approximately $7.13 million per incident. Healthcare has been the leader in data breach costs for ten years. It takes 329 days to fix each incident compared to the average of 280 days. The HIPAA law was instated to help...
One of the most common complaints from your patients has nothing to do with their body, it is your website! You know your computer systems and website need a serious overhaul, but you have no idea how to do that yourself! It is time to hire someone for an IT audit!...