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July 16, 2025
by [Brett Kimmell](/content/author/brettkimmell-com/ "View all posts by Brett Kimmell"/index.html)
Akron, OH — July 15, 2025 — Kimmell Cybersecurity, a CMMC Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO), is proud to announce it has successfully achieved...

October 8, 2020
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
Back in 2016, a hacker had gained access to Athens Orthopedic Clinic (Athens, GA) and stolen over 200,000 patient records that included names, dates of birth...

April 20, 2020
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
Crain's Cleveland - April 20, 2020
Brett Kimmell and Abdullah Alkhulaiwi share helpful tips with Crain's Cleveland readers...

June 25, 2018
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
Brett Kimmell provides tips for healthcare organizations dealing with information security.

November 22, 2017
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
With or without Britain, the European Union is about to implement broad-based data privacy and security business standards across all 28-member countries. The...

November 22, 2017
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
After a two-year delay, the US Defense Department is finally implementing the data security requirements of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (...

October 31, 2017
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
Back in 2014, the television program ran a report on a vulnerability in cell phone services that can allow hackers to access, and even text to and from, a smartphone...

October 1, 2017
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
Although every month (and week and day) at Kimmell Cybersecurity is Cyber Security Awareness month, the federal government declares every October National Cybersecurity Awareness Month...

September 25, 2017
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
By this point, you know about the latest in criminal enterprise hacking. The Equifax hackers absconded with personal data on nearly 150 million people, causing...

July 17, 2017
by [kimad](/content/author/kimad/ "View all posts by kimad"/index.html)
In the last few weeks, computer networks around the world have been invaded by three destructive “ransomware” attacks, all of which work differently: WannaCry,...