Mark Zuckerberg was back in the news recently when word got out that his Twitter, Facebook and Linked-In accounts had been hacked. While there is something ironic about the CEO of Facebook having his own Facebook profile hacked, there is also something very concerning. If one of the biggest names in tech can have their personal information stolen, what’s to stop it from happening to the rest of us?

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance is complex, very critical issue for many businesses that we manage. For many of these businesses who outsource their IT management needs to NSK Inc, the obligation for ensuring HIPAA compliance falls on their IT managed services providers, like NSK Inc. Our clients in the healthcare industry continuously pepper us with lots of questions and concerns around staying HIPAA compliant and avoiding the costly consequences of a HIPAA violation.

By:  The IT Associates at NSK Inc.

“Cybercrimes are becoming mainstream,” NSK Inc. IT Consultant Philip Abraham said, “the internet is full of predators.”

With cybercrime becoming more prevalent in our society, computer safety is something that must become an unfortunate priority. Thankfully, the experts here at NSK Inc. are more than prepared when it comes to this stressful aspect of the IT world. So instead of searching the internet for common sense fixes and confusing techniques, the NSK team has gotten together to create a list of precautions and steps to ensure your devices stay safe.

Last week we received 2 phone calls from consumers in Missouri and Tennessee asking about our Techs calling them on the phone and trying to charge them from $250 to $350 to reset their passwords and fix their IP addresses, because they were unable to connect to Netflix.  Our receptionist, talked to the first person, who thank goodness hadn’t given the scammers her credit card, and explained that we did not work in Missouri, nor did our techs call consumers about broken computers.  The woman was relieved that she did not share her credit card information.  The receptionist shared this information with me and I asked her if anyone else called, please route the call to me.