Mar 29, 2017 | Breach, HSN
A warning issued by the FBI cautions healthcare providers to beware of threat actors, who are now targeting anonymous File Transfer Protocol Servers (FTP), associated with both medical and dental organizations. An article on Dark Reading goes into great detail about...
Mar 23, 2017 | Audit, HIPAA Audits, HSN
Deven McGraw, deputy director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced that the department’s plans for initiating onsite audits is currently on hold and will remain so until more than 200 desk audits have been completed. ...
Mar 22, 2017 | Breach, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Policies and Procedures
According to an article over on tripwire, a covered entity is facing serious penalties after the Office for Civil Rights issued them a hefty fine for their failure to comply with audit procedures including review, modification and termination of users’ access. In the...
Mar 20, 2017 | Breach, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Policies and Procedures
According to an article on HIPAA Journal, over a 27 month period an employee of St. Charles Health System in Oregon accessed nearly 2,500 patient records without authorization. All it took to discover the unnamed employee had been inappropriately accessing patient...
Mar 15, 2017 | Breach, HIPAA Violations, HSN
With the dramatic number of security breaches over the last few years, it should come as no surprise that the healthcare industry has plans to increase spending on IT security. An article over at CIO talks about just how necessary the increase in IT security spending...
Mar 14, 2017 | HSN, ransomware
As you may know, ransomware has become a top concern for organizations across the globe as cybercriminals continue to flex their muscles and show just how easily they can take down an organization through a simple e-mail. An article over at SC Magazine takes a look at...
