Why do I need to change my passwords?

We are asked this question frequently, and especially from our healthcare customers whose doctors and staff are frustrated by the password policies typically set to change them every 90 days. So, why [...]

July 28th, 2016 |Categories: HITECH, OCR, Healthcare, Security, Passwords, HIPAA, Hacking, Compliance, HHS

HIPAA fines at record levels

We are six months in and 2016 is already a record-breaking year for HIPAA enforcement actions from the Health and Human Services Department's Office for Civil Rights. According to a couple of recent [...]

July 28th, 2016 |Categories: Uncategorized

Healthcare tops for ransomware incidents in Q2

Roughly 88 percent of all ransomware detected was discovered in healthcare, while the next most targeted industry was education at 6 percent, according to the report, published by Solutionary. One [...]

Have you been a victim of CEO Fraud?

Have you been a victim of CEO fraud? Are you aware that one of the first things hackers try is to see if they can spoof the email address of your CEO? If they are able to commit "CEO Fraud", [...]

July 21st, 2016 |Categories: CEO, SEIM, Technology, KnowBe4, Security, FIM, Fraud

Is Pokémon Go Safe?

As you've probably already seen, there is a new craze taking the mobile world by storm - Pokémon Go. Here are some excerpts from a great article from our friends at KnowBe4:

Secure Texting in Healthcare, CMS Guidance

The Joint Commission has delayed the removal of the secure texting ban for physician orders, saying that more guidance is needed. The previously announced secure texting ban removal by the Joint [...]

July 19th, 2016 |Categories: OCR, Text Messaging, Text, Healthcare, CMS, HIPAA, HHS

Ransomware is Serious Business

Ransomware is serious business and it continues to proliferate throughout the world. In particular, hackers have focused intensely on the Healthcare industry. This is due to several factors, [...]

OCR HIPAA Desk Audits are Coming

As many of you in the Healthcare arena have heard me, and others, say the HIPAA audits are coming. We fully expect a day when audits are a regular course of business similar to the way it is handled [...]

July 14th, 2016 |Categories: OCR, Healthcare, Security, Audit, HIPAA, ITSecurity, Compliance

Healthcare Cyberattacks Occur Monthly

In a poll of 535 healthcare IT and IT security practitioners, 48 percent said their organization had a breach involving loss or exposure of patient information in the past year. They cited some of [...]

OCR warns about dangers of security vulnerabilities in third-party apps

Third-party software applications can put healthcare organizations at risk for security vulnerabilities, even if entities deploy operating system updates, according to an email alert from the Health [...]