Thursday, August 27, 2020

Ten Cyber Myths Reviewed - Ep 269


After teaching our 3-day HIPAA Boot Camp we were pretty exhausted. In this episode we are discussing the interesting things David found when reading articles about cybersecurity myths. 

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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Here Comes Trouble - Ep 268


Today we are going to cover what we expected to see start happening after the rush to convert us all to work from home. The discussions about our concern that no one was paying attention except the criminals is starting to come to fruition. 

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Data Breach Costs Continue Rising - Ep 267


Everywhere we turn this year we are dealing with chaos and stress. Can we all just sing Kumbaya and make it go away? If it was only that easy.   Just because craziness has happened doesn't mean HIPAA goes out the window. As we all try to navigate the unknown we can not forget that the criminals thrive on chaos like this. If you aren’t protecting your information a data breach becomes almost inevitable. It is important to understand the data breach costs you are looking at when one occurs.

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Thursday, August 6, 2020

No More Guessing What OCR Expects - Ep 266


These new settlements from OCR should be new required reading. There is very little guessing about their expectations in these CAPs. Specifically mentioning encryption requirements and mobile device management is not ambiguous at all. Things are getting real folks!

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

Enforcement and More News - Ep 265


There are plenty of things happening that you should be aware of including a new settlement announcement from OCR. This and more things happening out there you should know about!

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Free Security Awareness Training - Ep 264


So happy that we are finally doing this show in time to remind you to use the free security awareness training resources available for October which is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). There are a lot of free resources available to promote security awareness under that program released each year. Today we are discussing how to use these resources to  work out a plan for your training through out October!  

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

Ransomware - MSPs and Insurance - Ep 263


The threat of ransomware continues to be a major issue for all businesses. MSPs were a gateway for mass cyber attacks in 2019. Make sure your IT provider is using the new guide specifically for them produced by NIST and NCCoE: PROTECTING DATA FROM RANSOMWARE AND OTHER DATA LOSS EVENTS. While we are at it there are a couple of articles relating to ransomware’s impact on insurance coverage that we need to bring to your attention.

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