HIC SCRiM Should Wake Up Vendors - Ep 247

In Oct 2019 another document was released by the Health Sector Coordinating Council Joint Cybersecurity Working Group.  Health Industry Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Guide or HIC SCRiM for short is aimed at helping small and medium sized healthcare organizations manage their supply chain vendors. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, we are reviewing it for you today.  If you do review it you will see why we think that HIC SCRiM should wake up vendors.

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No SRA First 2020 OCR Enforcement - Ep 246

Opening the 2020 enforcement list for OCR is a doctor’s office who reported a breach due to a business associate issue and then did nothing.  The settlement wasn’t due to the BA but because the office had no SRA in place. Let’s break down the settlement with Steven A. Porter, M.D., P.C. a sole gastroenterologist practice in Ogden, UT. Time to learn from their mistakes.

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Privacy, Security, and COVID-19 - Ep 245

Does your SRA include something like COVID-19?  Your business continuity plans include it? Do you need an SRA that includes virus outbreaks? Yes, you do.  If your risk analysis didn’t include these kinds of things you should revisit your method for doing an SRA. What should you do about this risk and what else is missing from your SRA? Let’s talk about privacy, security and COVID-19.

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HMWH EPISODE 244 10 CYBERSECURITY MISCONCEPTIONS V4

Cybersecurity misconceptions are pretty common both in personal life and business.  There are definitely enough cases of misinformation coming through our offices on a regular basis to make it obvious just how confused people can be about what should be done.  We have pointed out many times that the government has been releasing information for years to assist both businesses and individuals. You can find a lot of information that is very helpful at StaySafeOnline.org.  Today we are going to discuss one directed at SMBs explaining several cybersecurity misconceptions.

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