Mar 11, 2020 | Compliance & Regulations, Cybersecurity, HIPAA
During a risk analysis and compliant review, I showed a distraught CEO that she had over $ 5.8 million in regulated data on an unencrypted desktop computer, that wasn’t backed up, with a user password set to never expire. It hit close to home, because the data...
Nov 24, 2019 | Cybersecurity
How a single ransomware attack destroyed a thriving medical business and how to avoid it happening to you or your clients. I was sitting at a local breakfast spot near my home in Michigan one recent morning with a friend. I was discussing my work (online training for...
Nov 15, 2019 | Cybersecurity
Create a Culture of Healthcare Site Compliance in 5 Simple Steps The recent Center for Disease Control (CDC) report on Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States (2019 AR Threats Report) includes the latest national death and infection estimates that...
Oct 2, 2019 | Cybersecurity
Remain Calm, Remain Honest – and Remain in Business Avoiding the inevitable does not make it go away. Healthcare patients choose a provider based on the quality of care. In addition to that, the public will generally assume that their private information is...
Sep 26, 2019 | Cybersecurity
Since at least the beginning of the summer, it seems as though no day can go by without another phishing incident being reported by a healthcare entity. The reports are almost always the same too. After some period of time (usually not the same day), unauthorized...
Apr 16, 2019 | Cybersecurity
The healthcare industry has a huge responsibility when it comes to information security and protecting sensitive PHI while abiding by its “duty of care” principles. However, the industry continues to suffer large data breaches despite multiple federal regulations that...
