AAO Endorsed Partner

A single cyberattack can devastate your practice — compromising patient records, violating HIPAA regulations, and eroding patient trust — all while costing you time, money, and your reputation.

How confident are you that your practice is secure from cyber threats? 

AAO endorsed partner Black Talon Security and the AAO-Endorsed Insurance Program provide you with protection and peace of mind.

Black Talon Security works with your practice and collaborates closely with your IT resources to defend your network from the latest sophisticated attacks. They partner with you to help navigate risk assessments, disaster recovery planning, compliance guidance, and more.

With Black Talon, you gain access to enterprise-grade security tools and the expertise of credentials security analysts to minimize cyber risk:

• Proactive risk detection and mitigation with EAGLEi, a continuous threat exposure management platform.
• 24/7/365 AI-powered Managed Detection and Response (MDR) to neutralize cyber threats in real time.
• HIPAA-compliant staff cyber awareness training to strengthen your practice’s human firewall.

AAO members receive:

• Daily vulnerability scans of your firewall(s), and scans of your computers and servers every four hours.
• Dental-specific staff cybersecurity awareness training courses.
• A security risk assessment and two external penetration tests annually.
• AI threat detection for continuous monitoring of your network, replacing your antivirus software.
• Ability to add autonomous remediation to fix detected vulnerabilities.
• Optional AI-powered email security to thwart phishing and business email compromise attempts.
• Access to credentialed security engineers.
• Security alerts and bulletins, and monthly security reports.

Black Talon provides an exclusive discount up to 25% for AAO members.

In addition, the AAO-Endorsed Insurance Program provides cyber insurance through one of the largest and most respected carriers in the industry. Administered by Lockton Affinity, the AAO’s Cyber Liability policy offers coverage to protect you and your practice against top cyber threats. If an incident occurs, you receive timely, hands-on support from industry experts who will handle the response from start to finish.

This policy is available exclusively through the AAO-Endorsed Insurance Program and provides coverage for common costs associated with cyberattacks like forensic analysis, legal expert needs, patient notification, and public relations support.

Learn More About Black Talon https://www.blacktalonsecurity.com/aao

Learn More About AAO-Endorsed Cyber Liability Insurance https://aao-insurance.com/

The AAO-Endorsed Insurance Program is administered by Lockton Affinity, LLC d/b/a Lockton Affinity Insurance Brokers LLC, Affinity Administrator Services, LLC in California Insurance License Number 0795478, in Arizona Insurance License Number 1800004362 and in Arkansas Insurance License Number 100108685. Coverage is subject to actual policy terms and conditions. Policy benefits are the sole responsibility of the issuing insurance company. Coverage may be provided by an excess/surplus lines insurer which is not licensed by or subject to the supervision of the insurance department of your state of residence. Policy coverage forms and rates may not be subject to regulation by the insurance department of your state of residence. Excess/Surplus lines insurers do not generally participate in state guaranty funds and therefore insureds are not protected by such funds in the event of the insurer’s insolvency. American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) will receive a royalty fee for the licensing of its name and trademarks as part of the insurance program offered to the extent permitted by applicable law.