Week 1 of National Cybersecurity Month
If You Connect It, Protect It October is National Cybersecurity Month, and ‘If you connect it, protect it’ is the theme for week #1. (With over 90% of the US population now on the internet, the theme easily might have been ‘When you connect it, protect it’). It’s an apt reminder, as cybercriminals are capitalizing on... Continue reading
How to Save a Life
Sadly, it’s happened: As reported in the New York Times, on September 10 a woman fighting for her life was turned away from the University Hospital, Düsseldorf because hospital servers were infected with ransomware. With vital systems crashing, emergency treatment could not be administered. By the time the woman could receive services – in another hospital,... Continue reading
What 3 Recent Breaches Teach us About Data Security
A quick survey of 3 recent breaches – including one very high profile case – reminds us to be especially vigilant to avoid these all-too-common scenarios with protected health information Breach #1: PHI on paper – even in your personal briefcase – isn’t good protection, and can lead to a breach of PHI The following breach... Continue reading
HIPAA Compliance is an Ongoing Process
Congratulations, you’ve made a wise choice to entrust your sensitive data to a proven, HIPAA compliant hosting specialist like HIPAA Vault! But wait – in terms of overall compliance, what does that really mean? It does mean that the technical infrastructure we employ to host your sensitive data is fully compliant – expertly designed with multiple layers of security to... Continue reading