Summertime, holidays and long weekends, where many of us are taking time off, are prime times for cyber attacks. The bad guys are counting on people being in a hurry and letting their guard down so it’ll make it easier to suck you into their attack. July 4th 2021 was no different. An MSP was attacked by cyber criminals. Although this is still an active incident, we will cover what we know in today’s podcast.
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Offshore services are a popular option for many businesses. The ability to work around the clock from different sides of the planet is one thing but the cost savings are the primary driving force for this solution. When it comes to HIPAA Business Associates, though, there are a lot of variables that must be considered when deciding whether to offshore or not.
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Securing your business is not always the easiest thing to do nor the cheapest. Today we will review a Cisco study on small and medium sized businesses and their security best bets. In other words, the things that you can do that will help you to most likely attain success and get you the most bang for your buck.
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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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