Secure Device Data Collection

Sounds Like HIPAA In a highly recommended series of blog posts, Nasdaq is taking companies through a step-by-step process to ensure GDPR compliance.  The first step is to raise awareness and provide a complete audit trail of consumer data – from the point...

The Buck Stops Everywhere

No More Pointing Fingers In the old days – circa any time prior to May 2018 – companies got away with pointing fingers are third-party providers in order to avoid financial penalties in response to privacy hacks.  Despite not having anything in place...

GDPR And HIPAA

Are You Prepared? I recently read a great article comparing the GDPR regulations – which are going to be enforced starting in May – to HIPAA.  A few things are clear from this article: While there is overlap, they each have disparate measures in place...

Secure Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Not Just For Companies Supply Chain Management (SCM) security is mainly focused on protecting downstream products from upstream issues.  For example, a smart appliance might have numerous sensors, boards, and chips controlling its different parts.  If any of...

Lowering Manufacturing Costs

Finding Room On The Razor’s Edge Device manufacturers typically have extremely small profit margins and are constantly looking for new ways to increase that gap.  Recently Medtronic announced a major re-org effort with the hope of obtaining some level...