Healthcare
Ransomware was the leading attack type in 2020 for the healthcare industry, followed by data theft, and server access. Data theft increased 160% year-over-year and server access increased 233%, mostly involving the exploitation of vulnerabilities and the use of stolen credentials. The penalties for HIPAA/HITECH violations can be severe. Multi-million-dollar fines are possible when violations have been allowed to persist for several years or when there is systemic noncompliance with the HIPAA Rules. Firebird Tech Partners works side-by-side with HIPAA compliance firms to ensure healthcare providers can focus on their primary goals of helping people get better – we take care of them by providing the best possible IT solutions, designed for each practice’s particular technology needs.
Banking & Financial Services
In 2020, The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) observed an increase in the number of cyber-attacks against SEC-registered investment advisers and brokers / dealers using credential stuffing, a method of cyber-attack to client accounts that uses compromised client login credentials, resulting in the possible loss of customer assets and unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal information. The failure to proactively mitigate the risks of credential stuffing proactively significantly increases various risks for firms, including but not limited to financial, regulatory, legal, and reputational risks, as well as, importantly, risks to investors. Financial Services firms must maintain vigilance in the areas of IT governance and strategy; infrastructure; information security; business continuity and disaster recovery; and data analysis and management. Firebird Tech Partners has extensive experience in managing these key areas to ensure proper planning, design, and oversight to ensure operational risk management is a cornerstone to our client’s financial platforms.
Legal
Law firms manage some of their clients’ most sensitive and personal details and, therefore, are one of the most targeted hacking victims in today’s cyber-crime epidemic. The American Bar Association highlights that “…about 80% of the largest 100 law firms have experienced some sort of violation.” Also critical to any law practice is the accessibility to sensitive information quickly, safely, and from any location – whether it’s from the firms’ regional offices or the court room. The strategy of managed IT services for law firms has emerged from simple security to more sophisticated IT architecture. A key business strategy for any law firm is to ensure cybersecurity, business continuity and disaster recovery, and business solutions for increased productivity all leading to contain operational IT costs while improving the firm’s workforce productivity. Firebird Tech Partners have specific IT designs to ensure legal firms manage their security while maintaining efficient access to critical information dynamically.
Government Agencies & Contractors
Government agencies, political organizations, and third-party contractors are inevitably vulnerable to attacks due to the high volume of confidential information they store, the potential to disrupt political processes, their widespread reach across industries, and the number of third parties with whom they regularly interact. Protecting these systems requires implementing strong cyber security measures such as encryption of data collected, password protection protocols, cyber security policy review, training, and continuous penetration testing to prevent malicious attacks.
Small To Mid-sized Businesses
Among our core competencies are services created specifically for the small to mid-sized businesses. And bluntly, the small to medium-sized businesses need us as much as we truly love working for them as they recognize by having FTP manage their IT infrastructure they are on the same playing field as their larger competitors and clients. Our service options are customized to meet the budget, timeline and IT preferences of our small to mid-sized client base while building solutions to scale as business needs grow.
Firebird Tech Partners Provides Its Small To Mid-sized Client Base With
- Detailed assessment of business segment and current technology trends
- Technology expertise for innovative technology recommendations
- Audit and analysis of IT requirements and alignment with IT budget
- Managed Services package options from basic to all-inclusive services to meet IT requirements
- Security Operations providing robust cybersecurity solutions tailored to business structure
- Network Operations and Cloud Solutions delivering architecture to accommodate business growth
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