by HIPAAgps | Sep 27, 2018 | HIPAA News
Central Colorado Dermatology (CCD) recently provided a notice on their site to patients that a ransomware attack had affected CCD systems. On June 5, 2018, CCD discovered a ransomware attack that affected certain files of faxed communications that were stored on CCD’s...
by HIPAAgps | Sep 23, 2018 | HIPAA News
On September 20, 2018, an oversite led to a massive Protected Health Information (PHI) breach that resulted in multiple HIPAA settlements totaling almost one million dollars, $999,000, to be exact. Separate settlements have been reached with three separate hospitals...
by HIPAAgps | Sep 20, 2018 | HIPAA News
A Texas ICU/ER nurse was fired after she posted about a severe incident of measles on social media. The story has been convoluted some as this nurse is an anti-vaxxer, so many people thought she lost her job for that reason alone. It turns out that she lost her job...
by HIPAAgps | Sep 13, 2018 | HIPAA News
Research and analysis done by SecureAuth + Core Security determined that while once two-factor authentication techniques were sufficient in deterring electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) attacks, they are no longer strong enough to keep these attacks at bay....
by HIPAAgps | Sep 6, 2018 | HIPAA News
A study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Valimail suggests that US Businesses are lacking in their anti-phishing measures. The Ponemon institute surveyed 650 IT and IT security professionals whose daily jobs are to secure email applications and/or...
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