Avoiding Malware in Your Dental Practice. 10 Best Practices to Defend Your Data
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1 Avoiding Malware in Your Dental Practice 10 Best Practices to Defend Your Data
2 Avoiding Malware in Your Dental Practice Like most small business owners, you must protect your dental practice s computer systems and in particular, your patients data from viruses and malware. Following the best practices in this ebook can reduce the risk of malicious software ruining your data, your reputation and your practice. How Does Your System Get Infected? Hackers may send unsolicited with embedded malware links or attachments that contain viruses. Opening suspicious s and clicking on links or attachments can infect your computer network. Someone on your team may accidentally click on an Internet advertisement that downloads malware in the background. A memory stick with an embedded virus can infect your system when someone plugs it into a USB port. Data thieves and hackers create hundreds of new ways to infect your system each month. To help you foil the fraudsters and protect your practice, here are ten defensive strategies you can use. Strategy 1: Keep Your Business Address Private Yes, you can share your business address with patients, partners and colleagues. Just don t use it on public websites. Spammers first need to know your address in order to send you malicious s. It s best not to use your business address to order services, enter contests, sign petitions and so forth. Only use it on websites you know and trust. Unfortunately, even legitimate websites will share your address with third parties. If the option is available, opt out of advertisements and special offers from our partners when you sign up for something on a website. The more you can reduce exposing your business address, the safer your practice will be. On your practice s Ransomware Nightmare Ransomware, a type of malware that infects and disables computers and demands payment from victims to restore data access, is a growing threat to dental practices. Ransomware recently infected a California dental practice, encrypting its electronic patient information, scheduling software and digital X-rays. The hackers demanded $500 to restore the files. The dentist s cloud backup and hard-drive backup were also encrypted, essentially closing the practice for several days. To fix the problem, the dental practice had to install a new server. Security experts advise victims not to pay the ransom because: It can make you a target for more malware. It perpetuates the threat by funding cybercriminals. It doesn t guarantee your encrypted files will be released. Source: Details/tabid/146/ArticleID/2917/Actions-to- Help-Avoid-Ransomware-Nightmare.aspx 2 SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENTS
3 website, use a secure comment form that requires human verification, such as a CAPTCHA code. Your address can be extracted from public websites by harvesting bots, software that gathers lists of addresses for sending junk and spreading malware. Make sure your business address doesn t automatically show up with your signature on web forums or as a link in online guest books. Never use your business address to sign up for contests, discounts, promotions or other online marketing schemes. Strategy 2: Use a Filter for Junk If you host your own Microsoft Exchange server, implement a junk mail filter or spam firewall service such as Barracuda. This type of service helps reduce junk s in your inbox. Without a junk filter, your Exchange is vulnerable to being flooded by spambots. If you use web-based for your dental practice, make sure to use a reputable service such as Outlook.com or Gmail. These services have built-in security measures to help prevent unsolicited and viruses. Consider removing an account that receives excessive junk mail and creating a more private address for your practice. Starting over with a new address may require updating your business cards and marketing materials, but it s worth the security it adds to your practice. Strategy 3: Delete Don t Open Suspicious When checking your , don t click on unfamiliar or suspicious s or attachments. Instead, immediately delete them. Some suspicious s can add your address to a list or even install malware or a virus when opened. Tips from TDIC The Dentists Insurance Company (TDIC) recommends these tips to keep malware from infecting your dental office: Always run an up-to-date antivirus program. Add malware detection software to your system. Keep software and browserrelated components updated. Turn on computer firewalls on all devices. Be wary of attachments, even if they appear to be from someone you know. Regularly back up your data. Store backups in a separate location. Download software only from websites you can trust. Limit user privileges on your system through user account controls. Alert your team of ransomware risks. Source: Details/tabid/146/ArticleID/2917/Actions-to- Help-Avoid-Ransomware-Nightmare.aspx Before opening an attachment, verify that you recognize the sender, the name of the attachment, and the body of the . If anything seems out of place, do not open the attachment. Be careful with unsubscribe links in your . Although many unsubscribe links are legitimate, some contain links to malware. SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENTS 3
4 Strategy 4: Encrypt Your Messages Before sending an to a patient or business partner especially if the message or attachments include protected healthcare data encrypt the so it can t be read or captured by a hacker in transit. RecordLinc Secur is an encrypted and marketing portal exclusively for dental professionals. It allows you to easily send secure messages to other dentists, labs and patients. Discuss other encryption solutions with your IT provider to keep you and your business partners in compliance with healthcare regulations. Strategy 5: Restrict Use on Practice Computers Limit use on your practice s computers and networked devices to official dental business only. Use secure methods with proper filters and antivirus protection. Many small businesses get virus infections from personal use by employees. Dental practices are no exception. Only employees who are trained in security protocols should use your practice s system. Personal should be done on personal devices. Strategy 6: Minimize Web Browsing Minimize the number of employees allowed to browse the web on your practice s computers. These employees should use the web for business purposes and visit legitimate websites only. The more restrictions on web browsing, the safer your network will be. Web filtering services can prevent employees from visiting potentially dangerous sites. These services can also provide a regular report showing web use in your practice. Social media sites are one of the leading sources of malware infection. Therefore, personal web browsing by employees should not be allowed on practice computers. Make it a policy that employees must use their own devices for personal web browsing. Tips for Your Team Help your team avoid the tricks and traps hackers use to infect computers with malware. Review these tips with them: Never open from someone you don t know or from anyone who isn t in your patient database. If you open an from someone you know, never open/ download any attachments or click on any links without talking to the sender first. Stay away from social media sites as much as possible. If you must post something for marketing purposes, never click on ads in social media sites. If a warning message pops up that says something like, Your computer has a virus. Click here to remove, never click on the link. Create strong passwords at least eight characters long, including upper- and lowercase letters, numerals, punctuation marks and symbols. Never use your name, birthdate, pet s name or address. Keep your passwords secret. Never share your passwords with friends or colleagues. Source: 4 SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENTS
5 Strategy 7: Keep Personal Devices Off Your Network Unless you have a secure firewall in place with a guest network that s separate from your practice s network, do not allow personal devices including anything that plugs into a USB port to connect or upload data to your business network. Strategy 8: Run Software Updates Regularly Run Windows security updates on a regular basis. You can schedule them to run after hours so they won t disrupt your productivity. Once updates are installed, test your network, connected devices and your database to make sure they are in working condition before the next business day. Windows updates can t protect against all possible attacks, but they can help to make your systems more secure. Update your web browsers, media players and other frequently-used software as well. Consider outsourcing your IT maintenance to keep your systems safe and up-to-date. Strategy 9: Install Antivirus Software on All Systems All workstations and servers in your practice should have the latest antivirus software installed. Keep this software active and up-to-date. Most antivirus programs automatically check for updates and allow you to schedule regular scans for infection. While antivirus software can t protect against all possible attacks, it can keep your network safer by blocking viruses and malware. Strategy 10: Back Up Your Practice Data Frequently Each backup should be on separate, secure and encrypted media. You should have multiple backups for multiple restore dates. For example, one backup from yesterday, another backup from two days ago, another backup from three days ago, and a fourth backup from two weeks ago. VIMALWARE Symptoms The sooner you can detect and remove malware from your system, the safer your dental practice will be. The following symptoms may indicate a malware infection. Contact your IT provider immediately if you notice any of these conditions: Malware detection software will not run. Antivirus software is disabled. Browser home page has changed. Computer settings have changed. Desktop wallpaper has changed. Fake antivirus programs appear. Firewall is disabled. Files or programs are missing. Pop-up windows or warning messages appear for no reason. Programs you don't remember installing appear on your computer. Websites get redirected. Task manager is disabled. Source: laptop/lapsafe.html SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENTS 5
6 Multiple backups on multiple media become critical if you later need to restore your data from a backup. Be sure that your backup media is secure. For example, some USB hard drives have built-in encryption and password protection. By setting a password on the drive, you can help keep your data secure. Dentrix ebackup is a reliable and secure solution for ensuring the safety of your patient data. The automated process backs up the files you want protected, at a convenient time, to a secure remote location. Why Not Get Professional Help? Protecting your dental practice from computer viruses and malware can be complicated and timeconsuming. Henry Schein TechCentral can help. Their trained field technicians and certified technical support staff specialize in technology for dental and medical practices. TechCentral offers consulting services, maintenance and support programs to keep your critical business systems running. Local IT firms can solve isolated problems and offer limited general services, but they simply can t match TechCentral s comprehensive technology and dental industry expertise. To learn more about TechCentral support and maintenance options, call , option 1, or visit www. henryscheintechcentral.com. 6 SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENTS
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