The Vaporstream Blog

Operational efficiency. Improved productivity. Streamlined workflows. In today’s world of hyperconnected systems and devices, each of these commonly used buzzwords have become synonymous with a medical organization’s success.

Over 90% of all cyberattacks begin with email phishing. It’s a startling statistic, but it’s not a surprise: businesses send over 281 billion emails every day. Phishing attacks, which typically ask targets for sensitive information or to download malware, work because they prey on human nature—victims respond out of curiosity, a sense of urgency, even fear.

As technology advancement continues at a break neck speed, what can we expect in 2019? More of the same.  In particular watch for the following trends that impact security to occur:

Shortly after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife Mackenzie announced that they were divorcing, the National Enquirer published text messages that Bezos had reportedly sent to Lauren Sanchez, who he is currently in a relationship with. Bezos, like everybody else, is entitled to his privacy. These text messaging leaks, however, remind us that security is a must in order to protect personal information—whether business related, financial or private conversations with friends and family.

In an era where data breaches or leaks seem inevitable, business disruptions too frequent and the press all too prone to run away with a salacious story, what can the board of directors do to protect sensitive corporate data? It is all too easy for information to be inadvertently exposed—whether as a result of hacking, a slip of the finger that results in an email being sent to the wrong person, or a disgruntled employee who decides to share confidential information via a text.