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As you may be aware, a global ransomware attack, called WannaCry, started on Friday May 12, 2017 and is continuing as of today. The attack has affected 200,000 Microsoft Windows based machines in over 150 countries. The cybercriminals have focused on healthcare and financial services but have affected many other industries and individuals as well....
George DeCesare, Chief Technology Risk Officer for Kaiser Permanente, met with the Health and Human Services Department as well as other security experts and came away with some shocking truth. An article on Healthcare IT News provides some great insight on why falling below the cybersecurity poverty line could be detrimental to health organizations. Seventy-five...
The Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH) a small, for-profit practice has agreed to implement a corrective action plan for their potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the settlement includes a hefty payment of $31,000 for...
A study from the cloud services provider, Evolve IP suggests that over two-thirds of all healthcare organizations have employees using compromised email credentials. An article over on Healthcare IT News explains how Evolve IP determined these findings. The study found that 55 to 80 percent of organizations have email accounts that have been compromised. Looking...
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