As An IT Director, How Do You Know Your Team Is Keeping Security Top Of Mind?
We know that every IT team would love to get everything done, but day to day takes precedent to getting other important—but seemingly less pressing—issues resolved.
Does that affect how secure your network is to hackers and ransomware attacks?
The bottom line: Why isn’t there a solution to make sure your team is effectively supporting users while minimizing the amount of security vulnerabilities on your network (on average hospitals open 8 new vulnerabilities every month).
IT Directors choose Galactic Scan when they want clear transparency of the network security, the detail they need to manage and help prioritize security issues, and get feedback and hit the wall meetings with a team of healthcare cybersecurity experts to make sure they are taking the most effective approach to resolving issues on their network.
8 Reasons Why IT Directors Value Galactic Scan:
Track Cybersecurity Improvements In Real Time— Stop wasting time following up with multiple team leads or update meetings just to pry out key metrics. Galactic Scan IT gives you the ability to see how your team is making progress toward your security initiatives easily with one easy to understand report.
Keep Policies And Procedures Updated—When you change a security policy or procedure for any reason, have the ability to check that your team’s actions (configurations, passwords, etc.) are actually abiding by those policies.
Keep An Eye On Vulnerabilities— When was the last time you were able to see a live update of your facility’s security at the click of a button? Most IT Directors remain in the dark at least on parts of their IT team’s security because most teams are too busy supporting users to make time for security reports and updates. Be able to see when vulnerabilities pop up on your network (on average, we notice 8 vulnerabilities popping up each month) and get prioritized instructions for your teams to address them.
Give Updates To Leadership Teams—Do you ever put off summaries and reports for your board members? Is it always easy to translate technical language into something a non-technical professional will understand? Get done-for-you communications and summaries without having to stress about making more time in the day.
Be Assured That Their Teams Are Using Their Time Effectively—Ever wonder if your technicians are actually resolving a security issue effectively? Instead of having them spending hours researching a fix to a security vulnerability or relying on a vendor that most often puts their name at the bottom of a list, get an actionable solution through our weekly security implementation calls.
Show How They Are Spending Their Security Dollars Wisely—Why spend tens of thousands of dollars for one assessment when you could spend a fraction of the cost getting a real time live assessment of your entire network—including user behavior (where they go, what they store, and whether they are moving PHI insecurely or suspiciously throughout your network).
Know Where Their Data Is—Where do you keep track of where sensitive or critical information is stored? Excel? A Word Document? In a Sharepoint folder? Why not get a system in place that constantly tracks and tags your data assets and gives your team to have a simple system to review those assets periodically (for instance during a disaster recovery exercise).
Get The Details They Need—Hospital IT Directors are finding that most of the time, our constant security updates are much more detailed and address more real world cybersecurity risks than your annual HIPAA risk assessment (you’ll get 166% more value from our reports on average).
A Few Common Questions IT Directors Ask Us:
We Already Train Our Users On Security
Imagine if you walked into your office tomorrow to find out that a hacker was holding all of your cloud data for ransom. You then found out that your account was the one that was being used to get to the data in the first place. Imagine the embarrassment and frustration you would cause your entire company. Do you know how to secure your cloud account? Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU have it locked properly? 100% of the users we assess say they have a training program. 83% of the users we assess are making simple mistakes that give hackers access to their cloud data.
We Already Do A Pen Test
Penetration tests happen once a year, max twice a year. Do you check your locks each day before going to bed? Now, imagine if you paid someone to check those locks once a year, would you still want to personally check them before going to sleep?
Vulnerability Monitoring is much different than penetration tests, it is like checking your locks every night before you go to sleep.
Why Can't We Just Do This Scan Once A Year?
Would you only check your lock once a year on your front door to make sure it's working? What about a safe deposit box with all of your family's sensitive documents?
If you only check your network once a year, you're setting yourself up for potentially hundreds of open holes—holes that a technician may have accidentally placed in your network. On top of that, your team may have inadvertently done something that ultimately leads to leaked data.
Would learning about something like this months later help you? Wouldn't you rather deal with a tooth decay as soon as possible? Rather than having a root canal?
We Already Do A Nessus Scan
Nessus requires a Nessus-trained individual focused on day in and day out cybersecurity. If you aren't investing in that person and his or her training, you are investing in a tool that no one will be able to use and implement.
Nessus fills SOME of the holes in network security, but not holes via configurations or mistakes created by technicians.
