Windows XP Protection Extended – Not By Much!
Microsoft has extended malware protection for Windows XP systems through July 14, 2015. But this does not mean that using Windows XP after April 8, 2014, ...
Technology Universal Precautions
Universal Precautions (ALWAYS putting on protective gloves, masks, and protective clothing) for healthcare providers became necessary when it was realized that contact with a patient’s ...
Lessons from the Target Data Breach
5 Things Even the Smallest Doctor’s Office Should Learn A doctor’s oath to “Do No Harm” also means they need to protect patient data. Protecting confidential information is providing good health care. Identity theft can last a lot longer than an ...
Windows XP Debate Continues
What risks can you effectively manage? I am glad that some readers are engaged enough to vocally disagree with my recent article about Windows XP not being an acceptable risk after it loses its security patches and updates on April 8. While I ...
HIPAA Enforcement Blind Spots
HIPAA Enforcement Blind Spots HIPAA enforcement has increased in recent years, but the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights(OCR) still only fines a few organizations out of the thousands of investigations it conducts. Many believe that OCR ...
Can a Terminated User Cause a Breach?
How Good Is Your Terminated User Checklist? Having a former employee access electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) is a data breach. In today’s computing environment terminating employee access can mean a lot more than just denying logins to your network and your ...
New HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool Misses Mark
HIPAA Security Risk Assessment tool has serious flaws You would think that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) would have learned something from the healthcare.gov website fiasco. ONC should have better tested its new HIPAA ...
Don’t Worry About the 2014 HIPAA Audits
Don’t Worry About the 2014 HIPAA Audits Focus on Preventing Data Breaches While the buzz is picking up about the HIPAA Audits that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) should begin again this Fall, ...
Will Shadow IT Kill Your Business?
Will Shadow IT Kill Your Business? Are your employees unsecurely sharing critical files? Are they making their own IT decisions? Do you even know what is really going on? What can you do to stop it ??? ...
Stunning HIPAA Violations for Lost Laptops
Unprecedented Penalties Send Strong Messages by Mike Semel On April 22, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and ...