Does your IT team track reported security threats, vulnerabilities, and patches as often as weekly? We do. In fact, our primeCLOUD customers receive notifications about the impact each week, along with an explanation of how our team is mitigating risk on their behalf. Review last week's summary to understand the potential impacts and interventions. 

Effective October 10, 2021

High Impact

No new impacts since Oct 3, 2021 report.

Medium Impact

No new impacts since September 19, 2021 report.

Low Impact

No Impact

*Prime Care Tech team assessed and determined our clients are not impacted/using product

The constantly increasing demands of securing your data against cyber criminals make it challenging to keep up. If you need help staying on top of your game, get in touch.

Perhaps someone from your organization could also benefit from these security alerts?

Does your IT team track reported security threats, vulnerabilities, and patches as often as weekly? We do. In fact, our primeCLOUD customers receive notifications about the impact each week, along with an explanation of how our team is mitigating risk on their behalf. Review last week's summary to understand the potential impacts and interventions. 

Effective October 3, 2021

High Impact

Medium Impact

No new impacts since September 19, 2021 report.

Low Impact

No new impacts since September 19, 2021 report.

No Impact

*Prime Care Tech team assessed and determined our clients are not impacted/using product

Join executive advisors from Health Dimensions Group (HDG) for an exciting Fall webinar series to help senior care/living operators with a 2022 strategy.

Our first session, Resizing operations based on your data is on October 21 at 2PM ET and will include HDG's CEO Erin Shvetzoff Hennessey and consulting EVP Darrin Hull. They'll discuss the importance of evaluating operational areas and strategies for realigning to impact your financial success and improve quality.

Additional sessions include:

• November 18: Interim staffing when the well runs dry
• December 2: The value of data beyond acquisition
• Jan TBD: Looking back at top trends in 2021

After each session, we'll offer a brief demo of how technology can help. So, save your seat(s) and invite some colleagues!

Does your IT team track reported security threats, vulnerabilities, and patches as often as weekly? We do. In fact, our primeCLOUD customers receive notifications about the impact each week, along with an explanation of how our team is mitigating risk on their behalf. Review last week's summary to understand the potential impacts and interventions. 

Effective Week Ending September 19, 2021

High Impact

Medium Impact

Low Impact

No Impact

*Prime Care Tech team assessed and determined our clients are not impacted/using product

The constantly increasing demands of securing your data against cyber criminals make it challenging to keep up. If you need help staying on top of your game, get in touch.

Perhaps someone from your organization could also benefit from these security alerts?

The growing risks associated with data/system security have prompted many senior care organizations to wonder if outsourcing IT is better than managing it in-house. Certainly, it relieves executives of some worries, but how do you decide what's right for your organization?

So, what are some drivers for IT outsourcing?

• Organizations want to achieve efficiency and cost savings.
• Organizations do not have financial or technical resources to develop/maintain an enterprise risk management plan.
• Organizations struggle to bring all parts (procurement, operations, security, etc.) together to establish IT requirements

To help, the National Risk Management Center (NRMC) at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) compiled Risk Considerations for Managed Service Provider Customers. Following are some highlights on what to consider when outsourcing.

Strategic Considerations

• Balance cost-effectiveness and efficiency with reliability and security
• Account for risks with multiple IT vendors
• Even with outsourcing, executives should still:
• Maintain awareness of the technologies and systems
• Understand risks from potential loss of 1) core systems/services; 2) confidentiality, integrity, and data availability; 3) consumer/market confidence; and 4) productivity and financial (fines, legal fees, or other regulatory costs).

Operational Considerations

• Coordinate procurement, operations, continuity, and security requirements to decrease enterprise risk and improve system performance.
• Organizations with staff dedicated to each of these functions should coordinate IT requirements across organizational silos.
• Organizations with non-dedicated staff should have an enterprise risk management plan to account for each requirement.

Tactical Considerations

• Continue to drive policies around network access, controls, and logs.
• Identify staff to monitor/manage the day-to-day activity of IT providers.
• Set careful access policies for all third-party vendors.

If your organization is considering IT outsourcing, we can help. Take a look at our primeCLOUD service suite or get in touch to discuss.