We delve into the dangers of spoofed networks and provide you with actionable precautions to safeguard your data while working remotely

Benelogic now supports the use of M, F, and X as allowed genders in the system. While this may not be as varied and broad as some members of

When clients come to us looking for services, they are often focused on metrics like system availability, adherence to implementation timelines, and file feed frequency to vendors. Don’t get me wrong, these are important and we hold ourselves to a high bar. But in 22 years of business, no one has ever asked about what we do to ensure data accuracy. In fact, our best efforts to get clean data frustrate people who don’t understand why we just can’t make do with what we have. Yo

In a world of increased remote work, and subsequent password fatigue, a Single Sign-On authentication mechanism can be a real boon for your employees’ remote productivity. Single Sign-On or (SSO) is technology that allows a user to log in once with a single ID and password and then have access to several related, yet independent, software systems. Allowing your employees to sign on once to have access to their email, calendar, team collaboration hub, and yes–even their

There are two schools of thought when it comes to sending and receiving benefits data and the difference lies in who is responsible for the doing the work. Every system, whether it be the system used to manage employee benefits, the system that houses payroll information or the insurance carrier systems, are all different. Each system serves its own purpose and requires specific pieces of information to work. To manage employee benefits, these systems rely on sending and re

Protecting data requires attention, knowledge, and awareness. As discussed, multi-layered security policies and procedures are designed to keep data safe. Companies play a big role, but so do you. The purpose of this blog is help you understand what you can do: Lock the Front Door – The easiest way for someone to access information is for you to let them in. Lock your computer and your phone and have them auto-lock after a certain amount of time. Make sure your devices r

Networks connect us with people and information and allow us to share resources. In the computing world, communications or connections can be physical or wireless. Examples include websites and mobile applications, files being downloaded/synced/transferred, emails and chats, and printer and scanners. As data flows from one end point to another, it can be vulnerable and at risk for exposure through malicious and unintentional means. Network security, the topic of this week

In our last blog we talked about physical security and protecting people and assets. This week let’s talk about protecting data that is stored. All data is stored on some sort of storage media, whether it be a hard drive, laptop, disk, tape, or portable media such as a USB drive. These devices are designed to hold onto the data it until it is needed, or simply for archival purposes. As data is being stored, it is considered “at rest”. Because data at rest includes large

As noted in our previous blog, physical security is one of the layers required for good data security. Physical security is an area that is often overlooked, but it’s one of the most vulnerable areas. Physical security are the measures put in place to protect equipment and resources, including people. Even with the greatest technology in place to protect your data, technology can’t stop a person from walking away with valuable information in hand. Physical security is abo

Welcome back! This is part next in our series about data security. Question…If you were tasked with protecting the crown jewels, would you simply put them in a box and consider them safe? Probably not. More likely would you add a lock to the box, put the box in a safe, build strong walls around the safe, add a high-tech security system, and create policies and procedures about who, what, when, where, and how they can be accessed. In other words, you would use multiple la

Welcome back! In our last blog we introduced the idea of protecting data. Before we go any further, let’s start at the beginning. First, what is data? In its simplest form, data is information that is processed or stored on a computer. At any point, data is in one of three states: At Rest In Use In Transit If you like infographics, check out the one below: Why is this important to know? Data is valuable and can be used to malicious ends. All data is at risk of exposure

Protecting data – whether it is company information, customer information, or your own personal information on a home computer or device - is serious business. After all, if a company’s trade secrets, client data, or your personal information were exposed, it could have devastating consequences. Protecting data is not a one-time process. It requires an ongoing effort. Many companies employ teams of IT security professionals to handle this job. They’re tasked with buildin

It’s time to unlearn everything you thought you knew about password strength. Here’s the background: Bill Burr might not be a name you know, but he’s played a big role in your password policies for the last decade and a half. In 2003, while working as a manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) he created best practices for passwords, which were put in place by companies all over the world. The ever familiar variety of upper and lowercase letter

We are excited to announce our membership with InCommon, LLC. InCommon supports a common framework for trustworthy shared management of access to online resources in support of education and research in the United States. Membership is open to accredited two and four year degree-granting academic institutes, federal research agencies and their sponsored online service providers. For nearly a decade, we supported clients using a variety of industry standard Single Sign On p