OCR Answers Question on Ransomware: Breach/No Breach?

On July 11, the director of the Office for Civil Rights issued new guidance on ransomware. Since the beginning of 2016, reports of ransomware on health care networks have increased. Many people have been asking for guidance as to if ransomware should be reported or...

HIPAA Audits Hit Desks at Health Care Organizations

Let the HIPAA audits begin! According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Phase-2 audit protocols continued on July 11 as the Office for Civil Rights sent out more than 100 audit notifications to selected covered entities. Similar to jury-duty...

Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Testing

What are vulnerability scans and penetration tests, and why are they important? Vulnerability Scanning is typically an automated, high-level process that identifies possible security flaws and weaknesses in a network, but can generate false positives that must be...