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California Consumer Privacy Act 2020 | What You Need to Know?

California Consumer Privacy Act

The California Consumer Privacy Act is effective on January 1st, 2020. This means that, in a little less than two months, California will be the first state to introduce a clear-cut and precisely defined privacy law. Intended to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for the residents of the state of California, the CCPA takes a broad view of what constitutes private data.

What is Phishing? Types and Prevention | Hideez

What is Phishing? Types and Prevention | Hideez

Phishing is an old and tested cyber-security attack that, to this day, remains #1 cause of data breaches worldwide. Anyone can fall victim to a phishing attack, so it's essential to know how to recognize one.

What is Multi-factor Authentication? Advantages & Limitations

What is Multi-factor Authentication? Advantages & Limitations

In the world where people seem to remember only passwords like "qwerty", "Abc123!" and "123456789", there should be a way to protect their accounts. Luckily, there is an MFA. Available in many forms, it allows making even the worst of passwords more secure.

What is Identity Management? | Enterprise Identity Management Solutions

What is Identity Management? | Enterprise Identity Management Solutions
  Cybersecurity has come a long way in the past two decades. So much so that proper identity management practices have become a basis for stro...

Who needs to comply with HIPAA? Advantages & Limitations

Who needs to comply with HIPAA? Advantages & Limitations

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was developed as an industry standard to ensure strong protection of personal healthcare information (PHI). Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulates HIPAA compliance, and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces it.

If you have ever asked yourself, Do I need to be HIPAA compliant? —  you will find the answer below.

Data Privacy & Security in Healthcare. Who needs to Comply with HIPAA?

data protection in healthcare hippa
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of the key documents for every CISO working in healthcare. Written over 20 years ago, long before smartphones, WiFI or Google were invented, it still regulates healthcare information security in the industry. Learn how it is applied nowadays to ensure secure medical care.

Authentication in NIST Cybersecurity Framework | Smart Grid Profile for Improving Critical Infrasrtucture

NIST Cybersecurity Framework
The U.S. electric power grid is modernizing through “smart” technologies. These changes bring a lot of benefits, but also a lot of potential cybers...

Hideez is a SAML 2.0 Identity Provider

Hideez is a SAML 2.0 Identity Provider
Hideez SAML Identity Provider complements the Hideez Enterprise Server with new capabilities. The IdP uses HES identity store enabling authentication and providing federation for service providers which support SAML 2.0 Web Browser SSO Profile.

May the 4th Be With Your Cybersecurity

May the 4th Be With Your Cybersecurity
Get cybersecurity tips in a new Star Wars trilogy themed post and learn how to protect yourself against cyber crime. Heroes from a galaxy far, far away share their best advice for using strong passwords, keeping software up to date and more.

The Evolution of Security Wearables

The Evolution of Security Wearables
Several hundred thousand years ago, early humans learned to carry sticks around to protect itself and its family from predators and rivals. Later,...

Navigating HIPAA Authentication: Ensuring Compliance with Hideez

Navigating HIPAA Authentication: Ensuring Compliance with Hideez

There are many IT solutions on the market that can help healthcare organizations meet the security requirements for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) clauses on safeguarding protected health information (PHI). HIPAA’s security rule lays out specific administrative, physical, and technical components that are necessary for full compliance. Hideez supports compliance with HIPAA demands for ePHI protection as a multi-factor authentication solution.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hideez

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hideez

Here’s a roundup of answers to some of the most common inquiries we receive about Hideez and our all-in-one digital key for endpoint identity & access management. If you have any additional questions or would like any more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly at info@hideez.com.