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Guide to Managed Cybersecurity Services

On a mission to find a service that protects your organization's data while achieving regulatory compliance simultaneously? Discover best practices for cybersecurity managed services that provide advanced protection.As managed services become more popular — and essential, for many — the world is on track to funnel 77 percent of cybersecurity spending...
Managed Security Services
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What Experts Have to Say About Choosing the Right Cybersecurity Frameworks

Frameworks like the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls, MITRE ATT&CK and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework give organizations clear, step-by-step methodologies for protecting their sensitive data, leveraging a wealth of industry knowledge to take the guesswork out of your security program.While...
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FISMA
GDPR
HIPAA
NERC CIP
NIST
PCI DSS
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How Managed Services Can Help With Cybersecurity Compliance

Meeting cybersecurity compliance requirements is absolutely critical to the success of organizations and agencies. Otherwise, they face steep audit fines and an increased risk of cyberattacks. And there are usually several regulatory requirements to be met simultaneously, putting a huge strain on organizations trying to enforce compliance manually. The 2023 Compliance Trends Report found that 80...
Managed Security Services
Proposed HIPAA Update Makes Yearly Pen Testing Mandatory
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Proposed HIPAA Update Makes Yearly Pen Testing Mandatory

By Katrina Thompson on Wed, 05/28/2025
In January of this year, significant changes to the HIPAA Security Rule were proposed by the Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR).The proposed update to the HIPAA Security Rule, published on January 6, 2025, introduces a significant new requirement: all covered entities and business associates must conduct penetration testing of their electronic information...
Cybersecurity
Compliance
HIPAA
How IoT Security Cameras Are Susceptible to Cyber Attacks
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How IoT Security Cameras Are Susceptible to Cyber Attacks

By Chester Avey on Tue, 05/20/2025
The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices - more specifically, security cameras - has forced organizations to rethink how they protect their physical hardware.Security cameras represent some of the most common IoT devices installed in business and commercial environments. Recent estimates suggest the smart camera market is expected to grow at an astronomical rate, reaching a potential...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Managed Security Services
Security Configuration Management
How to Stay Compliant with the New HIPAA Security Rule Updates
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How to Stay Compliant with the New HIPAA Security Rule Updates

By Kirsten Doyle on Wed, 05/14/2025
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) was established to protect patient privacy and secure health information. While it has been around for nearly two decades, it is evolving to keep up with an increasingly digital world and in response to the skyrocketing number of cyber attacks the industry sees every year.On December 27, 2024, the Department of Health and Human...
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HIPAA
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CMS ARS: A Blueprint for US Healthcare Data Security and Compliance

By Kirsten Doyle on Thu, 03/20/2025
Protecting sensitive patient information is more critical than ever. With technologies evolving at a breakneck pace and the number of cyber threats targeting healthcare entities in the United States skyrocketing, healthcare organizations must have robust policies and guardrails in place to ensure patients' confidential information doesn't fall into the wrong hands.One of the essential frameworks...
Compliance
HIPAA
Understanding Managed Service Providers (MSPs): Choosing the Right Provider
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Understanding Managed Service Providers (MSPs): Choosing the Right Provider

By Jim Whiting on Wed, 08/21/2024
The demand for robust security, transparency, and accountability is at an all-time high, and many businesses are relying on managed service providers (MSPs) to manage their IT infrastructure, ensure data security, or provide seamless operational support. Concurrently, MSPs must continuously innovate and differentiate their offerings to meet the growing needs of businesses.The wide range of MSPs...
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Managed Cybersecurity Services Secure Modern Environments

By Troy Thompson on Mon, 03/25/2024
In an era characterized by relentless digital transformation and interconnectedness, cybersecurity has evolved into a complex and dynamic battleground.Businesses, governments, and individuals find themselves locked in a perpetual struggle against a relentless flood of evolving threats. From sophisticated cybercriminal syndicates to state-sponsored...
Cybersecurity
Managed Security Services
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What Makes Fortra’s Tripwire Different

Your Integrity Management AllyAre you weighing your options between integrity management solutions? Evaluating, purchasing, and deploying new software is hard work, especially when you get down to the granular details of understanding which solutions have which capabilities and matching those capabilities to your organization’s particular needs. In an industry buzzing with ever-changing...
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Cybersecurity
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File Integrity & Change Monitoring
Incident Detection & Investigation
Industrial Control Systems
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
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Tips for Ensuring HIPAA Compliance
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Tips for Ensuring HIPAA Compliance

By Guest Authors on Wed, 01/17/2024
Like every other industry, the healthcare sector is barely recognizable when compared to its state 20 years ago. It, too, has been transfigured by technology. While this has brought many impactful benefits, it has also introduced at least one major challenge: keeping sensitive patient information private.At the heart of this privacy challenge stands...
Compliance
HIPAA
Why Therapists need Data Protection and Cybersecurity
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Why Therapists need Data Protection and Cybersecurity

By Gary Hibberd on Tue, 01/16/2024
Cybersecurity in Mental Healthcare - The Overlooked RiskDid you know the New-Age Therapeutic sector is unregulated? If that surprises you, then you’re not alone. I was a little surprised, too. Yes, there are various professional bodies a practitioner can join, and there are courses they can attend, but they aren’t forced to. It should be noted that...
Cybersecurity
Compliance
HIPAA
Plastic surgeries warned by the FBI that they are being targeted by cybercriminals
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Plastic surgeries warned by the FBI that they are being targeted by cybercriminals

By Graham Cluley on Wed, 10/18/2023
Plastic surgeries across the United States have been issued a warning that they are being targeted by cybercriminals in plots designed to steal sensitive data including patients' medical records and photographs that will be later used for extortion. The warning, which was issued by the FBI yesterday and is directed towards plastic surgery offices...
Cybersecurity
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HIPAA
How MSSPs Help with Cybersecurity Compliance
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How MSSPs Help with Cybersecurity Compliance

By Zack Jessee on Wed, 10/04/2023
While always a part of business, compliance demands have skyrocketed as the digital world gives us so many more ways to go awry. We all remember the Enron scandal that precipitated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Now, SOX compliance means being above board on a number of cybersecurity requirements as well. Fortra's Tripwire recently released a new...
Cybersecurity
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Increasing Your Business’ Cyber Maturity with Fortra
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Increasing Your Business’ Cyber Maturity with Fortra

By Antonio Sanchez on Wed, 09/20/2023
When building a tower, it helps to start with a sturdy foundation. Cyber maturity is the tower, and there are three levels that build it: Foundational IT/OT & Security Control Processes Fundamental Security Control Capabilities Advanced Security Control Capabilities Fortra occupies a unique space in the industry because of the sheer size of...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Cybersecurity
Compliance
Managed Security Services
Security Configuration Management
Datasheet

Tripwire Services Comparison Datasheet

Not all organizations have the internal resources necessary to manage their cybersecurity and compliance solutions in-house. This may seem like a roadblock to those who see the greater potential of their solutions and want to do more to reach their goals but cannot expand their technical teams due to the high demand for qualified candidates or budgetary limitations. However, the services available...
Managed Security Services
Working with a Reliable Partner for Cybersecurity Success
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Working with a Reliable Partner for Cybersecurity Success

By Joe Pettit on Thu, 08/31/2023
Technology companies are often seen as revolving doors of constantly shifting personnel. Whether they are seeking a better work environment or chasing a higher paycheck, these staff changes can hurt an organization’s progress. Worse yet, the customers are often negatively impacted by these changes in the continuity of established relationships. At...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Cybersecurity
File Integrity & Change Monitoring
Managed Security Services
Security Configuration Management
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Tripwire 2020 Skills Gap Survey

The skills gap remains one of the biggest challenges within the cybersecurity industry. To gain more perspective on what organizations are experiencing, Tripwire partnered with Dimensional Research to survey 342 security professionals on this issue. This study explores hiring trends, how security teams are changing, and how they plan to address the issue in the face of growing cyber threats. ...
Managed Security Services
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Meeting Multiple Compliance Objectives Simultaneously With the CIS Controls

The CIS Controls are a set of recommendations comprised of controls and benchmarks. They are intended to serve as a cybersecurity “best practice” for preventing damaging attacks. The recommendations are meant to provide a holistic approach to cybersecurity and to be effective across all industries. Adhering to them serves as an effective foundation for any organization’s security and compliance...
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CIS Controls
FISMA
GDPR
HIPAA
NIST
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