The Cyber Tripwire
The Cyber Tripwire
This blog discusses the inherent cybersecurity risks of running a dental practice. What are the risks and what can you do to position yourself for success in the hostile cyber environment.
Blog By:
Dan Gavin
Dan Gavin

Six Tips to Protect Your Dental Practice against Cyber Attacks
There are six things that you could do today to protect your practice's future.  When it comes to cybersecurity, most practices do not know how vulnerable they are and how making a few changes can make a major difference.   Click the link above to find out what you can do.  Read More
Your Business at Risk from "Supply-Side" Attacks.
A Cyber Parable:  Imagine you are a chicken rancher. Your chicken are free-range, no antibiotics, and (most importantly) hypo-allergenic. So, people with egg allergies can use your eggs to make cookies and other goodies. If they ever inadvertently eat store bought eggs they would die. You can see...  Read More
Shedding Light on Shadow IT
Missile Silos:  During the Cold War, there were hundreds of top-secret nuclear missile silos around the United States and allied countries.  An example of the silo can be seen here in Arizona at the Titan Missile Museum.  Many of the silos are still in use today.  They are guarded with service...  Read More
Sound Too Good to Be True.  It Probably Is
The Sting:  The US and Australian FBI agencies, in collaboration with an international group of police departments from 16 countries, executed an immense sting operation on the international crime syndicate, arresting over 800 people and counting.  This is by far the most successful sting operation...  Read More
You Are Being Stalked
Somebody Is Watching You:  Imagine that there is someone following behind you day and night, watching and writing everything you do into his notebook.  Now, imagine that his cohort is doing the same thing to your spouse.  But it doesn’t stop there, they are also following your children.  They take...  Read More
Friction Made Michael Jordan Great
Team Up:  Many would argue Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player who ever lived. But are you aware he didn’t win a championship for the first SIX YEARS he played professional ball? Michael Jordan was a great individual player. But he couldn’t have achieved all he did without the help of...  Read More
Catching Wild Pigs
How to Catch a Wild Pig: You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down on one side of the place where they gather. When they...  Read More
COVID and Your Immune System
Plague. What an ugly word. So ugly, indeed, it is rarely used to depict anything less than apocalyptic. Now another word has unmasked our distant socializing. COVID-19. Sick of COVID:  My daughter (now living in distant Texas) told me over the phone she is SICK of COVID-19. Not with. Of. She came...  Read More
Gone Phishing  - Don't Get Hooked!
Hope for a Promotion: An entry level accountant, “Sebastian”, receives an email from his CEO. Sebastian is excited the CEO recognizes him and needs his help on a major acquisition. The CEO requests a wire of 50 million Euros immediately sent to a bank account for the acquisition. Sebastian quickly...  Read More
Congratulations, You Are About to Lose the Super Bowl!
The Jets Win: The last time the New York Jets won a Super Bowl (in fact, the ONLY time they ever won), Richard Nixon was elected president of the United States. The year was 1969, kids.  PreGame Prep:  One thing about being in the Super Bowl is both teams know who they are up against. The opposing...  Read More
On a Hot Day
Not The Droids You're Looking For: On a hot day (which was not unusual for the desert planet of Tatooine), overlooking the Mos Eisley space port, the Jedi master warned his freshly-minted apprentice to be careful, with good reason. No sooner had they hovered into town in the weathered X-34, when...  Read More
Minor Mistakes, Costly Consequences
The Launch:  It was 6:45PM on December 11, 1998.  After years of engineering effort and toil, the Mars Climate Orbiter was being launched.  This space vehicle was designed to study Mars from orbit and serve as a communications relay for space probes.  The goal was to determine the distribution of...  Read More
Passwords Are Like Dental Floss
Dental Floss:  Passwords are the dental floss of the internet. They take precious time to use, everyone hates them, they cause mild discomfort, and the consequence of negligence could spell doom. Not immediate doom. But eventual in inevitable doom. Oh and by the way, China knows your password! Your...  Read More
Don't Come in Second... or First
Huge Fine:  Premera Blue Cross is the largest health plan in the Pacific Northwest.  They have the dubious reputation of coming in second.  In this case, they were fined the second-largest HIPAA fine to date - $6.9 million dollars.   The confidential information of over 10 million people were...  Read More
A Turkish Taxi or Going to the Cloud
Traveling:  Did you know that when you take a taxi cab in Turkey and there is an accident while you are in the car, then you, the passenger, are liable for the damages? Why? Because you hired the cab. That is what it means for your business when you “go to the cloud.” Businesses think the cloud...  Read More
Your Bluetooth is Showing
I’ll bet the Bluetooth on your phone is enabled right now. How you can tell: when you get in the car and it automatically switches to the hands-free option. This is how most people operate. It’s convenient. So, what is Bluetooth? It’s like Wi-Fi but for short distances and its built into nearly...  Read More
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