Creating a Culture of Security
With the recently updated HIPAA rules being approved and HITECH data breach notification laws starting to be enforced, information security is going to be in the news more than ever.
View ArticleWhat Digital Security Really Means
Let's get one thing straight: if you're dealing with sensitive information online then that data should be encrypted. If it isn't, you could be making a big mistake, possibly to the tune of millions of...
View ArticleSecurity Tradeoffs
Bruce Schneier wrote an excellent summary the other day about the trend in Corporate IT to relax security standards in favor of convenience and flexibility when it comes to new consumer technology.
View ArticleCyber Security Breach Summary 2013
A summary of data security and breaches affecting Healthcare, Financial, Business, Education and Government.
View ArticleGmail Settings Let Strangers Send You Email
Google has begun rolling out a new "feature" that lets strangers on Google+ send you email. The security risks are big.
View ArticleSafe Passwords After Yahoo Email Hack
Here are some tips for creating and using safer passwords after the Yahoo email account breach last week.
View ArticleDirty Dozen List - "IRS" Phishing and Other Identity Theft
IRS "Dirty Dozen" tax scam list for 2014 includes phishing emails and other online scams to steal your identity and get a refund in your name. The headache doesn't end there.
View ArticleRustock Botnet Wisely Abandons TLS
The big email spam news from last week was regarding MessageLabs' August Intelligence report, and the revelation that the Rustock botnet had risen to account for nearly 41% of all spam being sent. At...
View ArticleKeep Your Information S.A.F.E. with Email Encryption
You already know why you need secure email. Perhaps you're in a sector that's covered by federal email encryption mandates such as health care or finance, maybe you have statewide mandates to protect...
View ArticleAlaska Medicaid To Pay $1.7M
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), has agreed to pay $1.7M for possible HIPAA violations after a USB drive containing protected health information (PHI) was stolen from an...
View ArticlePHI and Other Breaches Under Obamacare (ACA) and HIPAA During Q1 2014
With Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act or ACA), HIPAA and HITECH constantly in the news, how to handle PHI (Protected Health Information) is on the minds of doctors, hospitals, urgent care clinics,...
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