Avoiding Cybersecurity Disaster: Lessons from the Top Security Breaches
Throughout the world, the frequency of cyberattacks is on the rise, with the US featuring as the largest victim. Typically, small- and mid-size businesses are at [...]
Guess What? MSPs Need to be HIPAA Compliant Too.
As an MSP, you know the importance of data security. HIPAA regulation has become an essential part of maintaining that security in today’s healthcare market. Some of your customers [...]
Missouri Email Data Breach Affects Thousands
Cybersecurity threats are continuing to impact how healthcare organizations operate on a daily basis. Choice Rehabilitation of Creve Coeur, MO, recently experienced this when an unauthorized individual hacked into [...]
5 Common HIPAA Privacy Gaps (And How to Avoid Them)
Although HIPAA is known to all healthcare organizations as well as most patients, implementing HIPAA requirements is often easier said than done. The HIPAA Privacy Rule [...]
3 Tips to Improve HIPAA Employee Monitoring: Guidelines for Employers
The healthcare industry has embraced some of the many changes to healthcare technology. But the benefits of convenience and quality care have been paired alongside growing [...]
Business Associate HIPAA Violation, 20,000 Records Breached
Business associates are continually finding themselves in a state of turmoil when it comes to security and HIPAA compliance. Recently, Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, [...]
Think You’ll Save Money by Cutting Corners on HIPAA? Think Again.
The growing risk of HIPAA fines continues to pose a major threat to healthcare organizations across the industry. These ongoing risks result from misconceptions about how to address federal [...]
Microsoft to End Service for Windows 7: HIPAA Compliance Requirements
Microsoft has announced that it will end service for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. That means that healthcare organizations that rely on Windows 7 to run their business [...]
HHS HIPAA Cybersecurity Guidance for Healthcare Organizations
HIPAA cybersecurity concerns have been on the rise for healthcare organizations over the past couple of years. In response, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has [...]
California HIPAA Fine Concludes All-Time Record Year for HIPAA Enforcement
HIPAA enforcement activity reached an all-time record in 2018, according to The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2018, [...]
