Urgent Notice For All U.S. Healthcare Practices and Organizations

Urgent Notice For All U.S. Healthcare Practices and Organizations

You’re Not HIPAA Compliant Unless Your Mobile Devices Are Properly Encrypted. Advocate Health Care in Downers Grove, Illinois, experienced the second biggest HIPAA data breach ever when four of their unencrypted laptops were stolen. Electronic Personal Health Information (ePHI) for more than 4 million people was compromised. If these laptops had been properly encrypted, the...

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Duleep Pillai
May 23, 2014
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Urgent Notice For All U.S. Healthcare Practices and Organizations

URGENT. Change Your EBay Password. They Got Hacked

EBay’s parent company E-commerce, is asking all their users to change their passwords after a cyber attack compromised their database. So far they haven’t reported any stolen financial data, but to be certain you aren’t affected, it’s best to change your password. E-commerce also owns PayPal, however their data is stored on a separate network,...

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Duleep Pillai
May 21, 2014
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New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center: Is Your Technology HIPAA Compliant? If Not, HHS Wants You To Pay Up

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proven that they’re serious about HIPAA infractions.  They recently imposed the largest monetary fines for HIPAA noncompliance on two well-known New York City institutions — New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center.  They will have to pay  $4.8 million in fines because the electronic protected...

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Duleep Pillai
May 19, 2014
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Urgent Notice For All U.S. Healthcare Practices and Organizations

Attention All Healthcare Professionals! Still Using Windows XP? — Your Time Is Up

Microsoft has officially stopped delivering technical assistance or software updates for Windows XP. They warn us: “These include security updates that can help protect your PC from harmful viruses, spyware, and other malicious software, which can steal your personal information.” However despite the years of warning, nearly 20% of businesses still run XP.  Healthcare organizations...

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Duleep Pillai
May 15, 2014
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