Report on Data Privacy and Security in Health Care Industry
Some very interesting findings in the new health care security report form Deloitte.
Increased Penalties for Healthcare Privacy and Security Violations? Batten Down the Hatches!
HHS OCR has really taken its new role granted by HITECH seriously because they are seeking to tighten regulations and increase financial penalties.
8 – “Simple”? Rules for Protecting PHI
In the popular TV series: "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," the rules may have been a bit exaggerated but they sure made their point. (Rule #1: Use your hands on my daughter and you'll lose them after).…
Correction…8 million and counting
Since the Breach Report 2010 portable media is trending as one of the easiest ways find yourself in a data breach scenario.
Cloud Computing Security
When discussing cloud security it is important to remember that there is no such thing as perfect security. Not in your data center. Not in the cloud.
Practical Business Associate Risk Management
It is not unusual to have hundreds of Business Associates who have access to ePHI, this creates risk that needs to be accounted for.
6 Million and Counting
Breach Report 2010 documents the major happenings in PHI breaches over the last year.
Nasdaq Breach – What it says about what a company says about their security
Actual security vs. advertised state of security- whats the difference? Apparently enough to get breached.
Nasdaq Systems Breached
Nasdaq has acknowledged that suspicious files were found on some of its systems. The files were apparently a result of hackers gaining access to at least one of their servers.
Disable Storage of the LM Hash
Also known as the LanMan, or LAN Manager hash, it is enabled by default on all Windows client and server versions up to Windows Server 2008 where it was finally turned off by default.