Tag Archive for: cybersecurity

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The hole in your cybersecurity you may be overlooking

Unsecure Devices Most of you likely know that printers, scanners, and multifunction devices have been a weak link for cybersecurity for many network administrators. There are several reasons for this. First, like many networked medical devices,…
OCR Cybersecurity Training Online
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OCR Training Video

Are You Tired of Hearing It? Just SHUT UP ALREADY - I know some of you are thinking that. We've been going on and on about the importance of cybersecurity training, and I know more than a few of you are getting tired of it. So what do we do…
Cybersecurity Training Online
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When cybersecurity training isn’t enough – what next?

Beyond Training - You Can't Stop There. We've talked a lot about training lately because it is the single best tool you have to keep your network secure. However, it's not bulletproof. Two weeks ago Microsoft issued patches for over 85 security…
Cybersecurity in healthcare
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Three ways to improve your cybersecurity

Three Steps You MUST Take Now. Cybersecurity professionals are sounding the alarm in agreement that we are about to experience another uptick in cybersecurity attacks. They cite numerous reasons for this coming storm. The most significant concern…
Old age and cybersecurity don't mix
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Cybersecurity and old age – they don’t mix

Old age and cybersecurity We all know many things don't work as well as they(we) age. It's a fact of life most of us face. While age impacts us personally, the systems around us are also impacted by age. A recent study by cybersecurity firm…
HIPAA law changes
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Get ready for major HIPAA changes

HIPAA Changes Ahead In January of 2021, we reported on an amendment to the HITECH act by congress that intended to advance HIPAA compliance and enforcement. The idea was to incentivize Covered Entities to adopt best practices for cybersecurity…
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The hospital attack that wasn’t

How Boston Children's dodged an attack This past week the FBI released details on a cyberattack against Boston Children's Hospital in November of last year. Prior to the attack, CISA and others sent alerts out to the healthcare community warning…
Active shooter training
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Do you prefer security or privacy? You can’t have both.

What's Happening in Our Schools I was reading the FBI feeds recently following the horrific events in Texas last week. As more information comes to light, it's beginning to look (once again) like the warning signs were there, and here again,…
HIPAA Breach Notification

HIPAA Breaches Running at Record Rate

HIPAA Breaches and You In the past 12 months, we've averaged over 3.3 million breached healthcare records per month. Aside from the breach of confidentiality this represents, the information in those records is used for financial fraud,…
Strong password

Hey, what’s your password? The Dark Web knows

Creating Better Passwords To make passwords "strong," they must be both unique and lengthy (at least 12 characters). Generally, people are pretty bad at creating passwords that fit either category (much less both). You could let a computer…
HIPAA violations
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HIPAA Fines Show How You Are Failing

HIPAA violations are on the rise. Although we didn't hear too much about breach-related HIPAA violations during the pandemic, incidents were occurring, and the violations are now being pursued and published. The result is a steady stream of…
OCR HIPAA Cybersecurity
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OCR is soliciting feedback on pending changes

OCR is making HIPAA changes, are you ready? Earlier today the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Request For Information to its constituents (that's us) soliciting feedback for potential changes in two areas. The first area relates to cybersecurity,…
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Critical Google and Microsoft updates

Critical Update Alert Recently Microsoft and Google released a critical security update to their browsers. Since you likely use these browsers in your environment, you need to ensure that they stay up to date. Below we have included sets…
Windows 11
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Why Windows 11 needs to be in your 2022 budget

You need Windows 11 - NOW Another Intel chip, another iPhone, Galaxy, Chromebook, etc., it seems we're always being presented with the latest and greatest version of the technology we're using. While most updated software and devices are feature-packed…
Online Privacy
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Did your privacy take a hit in 2021?

What happened to your data in 2021 We haven't heard much about HIPAA in the past few years while the healthcare industry and regulators grappled with managing and responding to the COVID crisis. But that distraction has proven to be an ideal…
Email mistakes
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How To Blow Your HIPAA Compliance In 1 Email

Email Mistakes It has happened again, and it won't be the last time. The City of Boston just received their egg-in-the-face award for sending an email to all their recently-tested-positive Covid patients instructing them on the City's policies…