Every year we review the Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach report. It's always interesting because we learn that it's not just about the money. We learn what really makes a difference in our privacy and security program, what we can do that can make the biggest positive impact in the overall cost or a data breach and, more importantly, what things make the biggest negative impact.
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We follow a lot of the Ponemon studies. They help us see changes and trends and make better recommendations to our clients. We are going to cover their annual cost of an insider breach study. This global study covers insider incidents and provides five signs your organization is at risk.
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The ongoing, rapidly changing cyber war has created a need for us to change our viewpoint on cybersecurity. Yes, we need to worry about cyber hygiene and continue working on ways to secure our systems, networks and data. However, there is also a need to take the “plan for the worst but hope for the best” approach and start focusing on cyber resilience.
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David admits that as a kid he would dumpster dive for “treasures” people threw away. We’ve heard more than once of clients who have gone dumpster diving to retrieve documents containing PHI that were mistakenly thrown away in the regular trash. But, a recent OCR announcement highlights one dermatology group that had quite the trashy privacy violation.
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Should we be questioning other people and vendors we work with about the trust we should have in them? The answer is yes. Are they protecting and securing the patient data we entrust them with? Trust, but verify is something we talk about a lot. So, I ask you… should you be trusted? And can you prove it?
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