The Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued its very first cybersecurity guidance in April 2021and they sound remarkably like all the things that we recommend doing under HIPAA, HICP and the NIST cybersecurity framework. Let’s check it out!
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They say ignorance is bliss. Ignorance can also leave you vulnerable to cyber attacks and patient safety issues. As we see news about cyber attacks coming from everywhere, you might ask “Is it really that bad?” Yes, yes it is. And it continues to get worse.
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Privacy and security should be a part of all organizations day-to-day activity and company culture. But how do you know how mature your privacy and security program really is? By using one of the many maturity models. Today, we are discussing the new DoD Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) that breaks controls into levels so you can see what implementation level or maturity level your program is at any given moment.
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It’s been a while since we’ve reviewed an OCR settlement that wasn’t about the patient right of access initiative. Things are a changin', and in more ways than one. OCR announced the Peachstate settlement just this week that got our attention. How this case ended up being investigated in the first place is interesting. And as usual, the headline doesn’t tell the whole story. So, let’s dive in and check it out.
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