Sep 1, 2016 | HSN, Phishing, Security Training
Dropbox, the popular file sharing service, has experienced a data breach that could affect up to 60 million users. Dropbox is urging their users to change their passwords immediately. In addition, we are seeing an increase in Dropbox related phishing emails. In this...
Jul 11, 2016 | Audit, HIPAA Audits, HSN, ransomware, Security Training
HIPAA Secure Now! President and CEO writes an article for Physicians Practice called: Don’t Let HIPAA Audits, Ransomware Sink Your Practice At the same time medical practices are faced with the increased likelihood of a HIPAA audit, hackers hover around waiting...
Jun 27, 2016 | Breach, Business Associate, HSN, Security Training
A recent article over at Becker’s Spine Review, discusses some of the “low hanging fruit of HIPAA compliance”. They give 8 best practices for being HIPAA compliant. For the article they interviewed David Holtzman, JD, CIPP, vice president of...
Jun 15, 2016 | Breach, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Security Training
By now we are all aware of the horrible event that took place in Orlando over the weekend. Mass casualties caused local hospitals and ERs to respond heroically. One of the tasks required during these operations was the necessity to communicate patient status with...
Apr 4, 2016 | HSN, Phishing, ransomware, Security Training
If you go back in time, to 2004, and look at Facebook it looks a lot different than it does today. The same can be said for applications like Microsoft Word or Excel. As these services or products mature they evolve – offering improved functionality,...
Mar 10, 2016 | Breach, Business Associate, Business Associates, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Phishing, ransomware, Security Training
A married couple — both doctors who shared a medical practice — almost divorced over a HIPAA breach that blindsided them when a patient called to say that her medical records appeared in a Google search and she was filing a lawsuit. The orthopedist of a small practice...
