We always know when serious stuff has happened behind the scenes and OCR got involved. Some major violations of privacy rights must have happened when we see the OCR notice reminding everyone that you can not share patient information with the media without authorization.
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We mentioned in the last episode that we would put together a checklist of sorts for what to do as everyone switches back to the old way of doing business or sets up under new remote models. While this isn’t exactly a copy and paste checklist it does give you food for thought as to what to consider for your own reboot checklist.
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When can we stop talking about ransomware? Apparently, never. One of the things we can list as part of our “new normal” is new ways ransomware is going to be impacting us differently. Things are worse today than when we discussed ransomware just a couple of months ago. The pandemic has opened up so many ways for the criminals to attack they are having a field day.
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Like it or not we have to face new realities on our threat lists as we figure out our new normal in the post COVID-19 landscape. The privacy and security risks have changed just like everything else during the crisis. Threat lists used for your SRA must be updated and addressed. You do not want to be hit with data breaches and privacy breaches just as you get things back up and running, do you?
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Before things went all COVID on us this episode was planned out. It may be even more worthy of an episode now. Have you been evaluating your MSPs response to your current state of business? We knew there were some MSP issues in 2019 but now, in 2020, you must have a reliable trusted MSP partner more than ever. What kinds of things do you need to know about your tech needs, your MSP and where you both plan for the future?
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So many scams and so little time to keep up with them. Yes, that is what it feels like these days. There are so many coronavirus scams we have to take some time to update you guys. There have been cybercrime alerts and stupid people stories galore. Here are the coronavirus scams and crimes we have on our radar this week.
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With the national crisis still in play, cybersecurity is essential to operating businesses which are now online more than ever before. Small businesses without any apps before are going online to survive. Telehealth, remote learning, telework are all standard right now. With so much going on we are trying to keep our eye on cyber stories to prepare ourselves and our clients for what is happening out there. Today let’s discuss 3 cyber stories we are watching right now.
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