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 [...]

HIPAA audits will require quick response

More guidance continues to flow about the ensuing and upcoming round of HIPAA audits. This time "quick response" is the word.

May 20th, 2016 |Categories: OCR, Technology, Healthcare, HIPAA, Compliance, HHS