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Keep up to date on industry newsHomeland Security Alert: Significant Ransomware Risks
Ransomware is quickly becoming one of the biggest risks for health care organizations in 2016. In response to ransomware’s prevalence, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an alert on March 31 to educate health care organizations about ransomware and provide guidance for how to combat it…
Breach Report- March 2016
While the beginning of March saw fewer large-scale breaches than February and January, three substantial breaches occurred costing health care organizations in reputation and finances…
PHI Hacked at Florida Cancer Center Network
At the end of 2015, the FBI discovered a breach of 21st Century Oncology’s database affecting more than 2 million patients…
Physical Therapy Provider Settles with OCR for $25,000
After more than three years, a physical therapy provider’s HIPAA-breach case lands the covered entity with a $25,000 OCR fine, and demands they create and implement a corrective action plan…
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