The Backup Illusion Many financial services IT leaders believe they’re protected against ransomware because they have backups. According to Sophos’ State of Ransomware in Financial Services 2025, 64% of financial services organizations were hit by ransomware in the past year. Of those with backups, a significant percentage discovered their backup infrastructure had been compromised too.…
The $6 Million Question Financial services firms face data breach costs 22% higher than the global average. According to IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average breach in financial services now costs $6.08 million, second only to healthcare. Beyond immediate costs of investigation, notification, and remediation, financial services organizations face regulatory penalties,…
The PCI-DSS 4.0 Deadline Has Arrived Financial services firms handling payment card data just ran out of runway. As of March 31, 2025, PCI-DSS 4.0 compliance is mandatory. The 64 new requirements that organizations could previously treat as best practices are now enforceable, and auditors are scrutinizing every control. According to Verizon’s 2024 Payment Security…
Many medical practice administrators believe their organization is protected because “we have backups.” When asked about disaster recovery, they point to the same backup system. This confusion between backup and disaster recovery creates significant risk, because backup alone cannot restore operations quickly enough when systems fail. The distinction matters because patient care depends on system…
Opti9 Named North America’s Managed Service Provider of the Year in the 2025 Wasabi Technologies Partner Network Awards Innovative vendors awarded for outstanding growth, delivering value and best-in-class cloud solutions GARDEN CITY, NY, USA – Opti9 today announced it has been selected as North America’s Managed Service Provider of the Year in the 2025 Wasabi…
Healthcare remains the most targeted sector for ransomware attacks, with 238 ransomware incidents reported to the FBI in 2024 alone. The Change Healthcare attack demonstrated the cascading impact a single breach can have across the entire healthcare ecosystem, affecting payment processing for providers nationwide and ultimately compromising data on an estimated 190 million individuals. When…
Many healthcare organizations want to move workloads to AWS but stall because they’re uncertain how to maintain HIPAA compliance in the cloud. The good news: AWS provides the tools and certifications needed for HIPAA-eligible services. The challenge is implementing them correctly. AWS has been HIPAA-eligible since 2013 and currently offers over 150 services that can…
What are HIPAA disaster recovery requirements? Healthcare data breaches exposed over 276 million patient records in 2024, representing more than 80% of the US population according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights. For healthcare organizations, the question is no longer whether a disruption will occur, but when. The HIPAA Security Rule addresses this reality…
Garden City, New York – December 1, 2025 – Opti9, an AWS Premier Tier Services partner, announced today the availability of their Fully Funded VMware Migration + CloudOps as a multi-product solution in AWS Marketplace. Customers can now easily discover and purchase packaged solutions tailored to specific industries and use cases that include multiple products and services. Opti9’s Fully Funded VMware Migrations +…
