{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Wired Dentistry","title":"Why Would Hackers Target My Little Dental Practice?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2373,"description":"Most dentists think ransomware happens to hospitals and big companies, not to a small practice. The criminals know better, and so does Dr. Lorne Lavine.\nLorne was a practicing periodontist for 10 years and has spent 25 years helping dental practices across North America with IT, cybersecurity and HIPAA. In this episode, Naren Arulrajah asks him what is real and what is exaggerated about ransomware, and what practice owners need to do about it.\nWhat they cover:\nWhy a patient record is worth more on the black market than almost anything else, and why small practices are easy targets\nThe one thing you should never tell a ransomware gang, and what double and triple extortion look like\nWhy criminals now go after IT companies to hit hundreds of practices at once\nWhy built-in antivirus isn't enough, and how zero-day attacks slip past it\nApplication whitelisting: the bouncer at the door that has stopped every attack on Lorne's clients\nHow one click on an email link lets ransomware in, and what to do if you're hit\nThe HIPAA breach notification rule: letters to every patient, the government's 'Wall of Shame' and the local news\nWhy practices lose 15 to 20% of their patients after a breach, and take 18 to 24 months to recover\nStaff training, unpatched software and phones on the office Wi-Fi\nTHE ONE THING FROM THIS EPISODE\nCheck your backup and your cyber liability insurance this week. If you were hit with ransomware tomorrow, a clean backup is what lets you restore without paying, and insurance is what covers the lawsuits, fines and patient letters.\nWORK WITH US\nMarketing: book a strategy meeting with Naren's team at ekwa.com/wired\nTechnology: schedule a call with Lorne at thedigitaldentist.com/call\nSubscribe at wireddentistry.com/subscribe for the episode, plus the one thing from it worth doing, written down.\nChapters\n00:00:00 – Introduction: Meet Dr. Lorne Lavine\n00:02:43 – Why Would Criminals Target a Small Dental Practice?\n00:05:11 – Never Tell Them You Have Insurance...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hAY4Bt-F-tyLlkx5wiedDm9_DZlQZkiuiKHHc6Ssqyo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85M2Y3/ZTkwYTI4OTA1NTg5/NWM1ODRmY2UyNmE0/OGI4Zi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}