Most people are drawn to careers doing work they like. Very few children dream of growing up to be sales managers. But MSP management often finds themselves in that position and competing against other companies...
Want to justify higher fees and prevent churn? It’s time to deepen your client relationships and demonstrate more value. While there are a variety of ways to approach this, compliance is an easy and low-cost opportunity to increase revenue and keep clients longer. Offer compliance services Compliance services...
Let’s face it. Selling is one of the last things most of us really want to do. Many people equate sales with making people buy things they don’t want, don’t need, and can’t afford. But when it comes to IT services...
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is nothing new for healthcare organizations. The legislation ensures patient data is secure and kept private due to its sensitive nature. Therefore, it’s an obvious and natural concern for the 800,000 or so organizations across the...
We’d like to relay a story that one of our MSP customers shared with us. It truly highlights the need for compliance documentation… I could hear the fear in her voice. One of our clients, subject to the HIPAA rules, called to say she had just received...
HIPAA IT compliance is primarily concerned with ensuring all provisions of the HIPAA Security Rule are followed and all elements on the HIPAA IT compliance checklist are covered. Identifying risks via ongoing assessments and documentation is critical to HIPAA IT security and compliance. Failure is not an Option Failure to comply with HIPAA regulations can result in...
Based on the industry they operate in, businesses must comply with industry standards, laws, rules and regulations set by regulatory bodies and government agencies. Failing to do so can subject a business to hefty penalties, loss of reputation, expensive lawsuits and even worse, closure of...
Guest blog by Mike Semel, president of Semel Consulting A new federal law plans to reward HIPAA covered entities and business associates for implementing the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The law provides ‘safe harbor’ from HIPAA data breach penalties and allows...
For the final installment in our Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) blog series, we have the Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M). In previous blogs, we mentioned that the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Interim Rule for CMMC requires all contractors and subcontractors to conduct a specific...
We first introduced MSPs to the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) with an informative overview of the new security mandate. Then we took a closer peek into its Interim Rule and scoring methodology. Next up in our CMMC blog series, we get more...