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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Images Exposed - Ep 243

This story has been going around since September 2019. Images exposed on the internet from PACS systems around the world available to anyone that wanted to see them.  Images exposed included x-rays, MRI scans and more. It still hasn’t been locked down after all these months. That means it’s time to talk about it instead of keeping it quiet.

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Insider Issues 2020 - Ep 242

Another report comes out that says insiders are a huge problem.  You have to worry about the people, people. We have been saying this for years.  The lastest news on that front is in the 2020 Cost Of Insider Threats Global Report released by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by ObserveIT and IBM.  It does tell us a lot of things we already knew but the details including those about how it is growing are important to note.

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Wearables Plus More HIPAA Questions - Ep 241

Wearables, medical devices and HIPAA are just some of the questions we have gotten recently.  Today’s episode is privacy and security news plus listener questions.

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