Privacy Archieves | Cybersecurity During COVID-19

Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule 2023: What to Know and How to Prepare

by Darcy Clark | Dec 15, 2022 | HIPAA Law, Privacy

HIPAA changes are coming in 2023—is your organization prepared? You may have heard rumors circulating over the last year that changes are coming to HIPAA. It’s true: the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has stated that modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule are due to...

Is the Telehealth you’ve adopted secure?

by Bethany Baty | May 7, 2020 | Privacy

Thanks to social distancing Telehealth has become a booming business and more patients and caregivers are utilizing its services. Because of the high demand and health concerns, the OCR has issued temporary holds on policies regulating telehealth. But COVID-19 will...

Double Extortion: What It Is, and How You Can Prevent It

by Bethany Baty | Apr 22, 2020 | Privacy

Ransomware is evolving. Threat actors are now using double extortion tactics to ensure payment from their victims. In 2019 we saw the highest ever reports of the cyber crime Ransomware, when criminals hack into an organization’s database and encrypt it, holding it...

HIPAA Enforcement Discretion Announcement for COVID-19 Testing

by Sarah Badahman | Apr 9, 2020 | COVID, Privacy

On April 9, 2020, the OCR announced it will use its enforcement discretion for Community Based Testing Sites for COVID-19 testing. The enforcement discretion is being retro-dated to March 13, 2020 and will remain active as long as the public health emergency...

Video Conferencing Security in Healthcare During COVID-19

by Sarah Badahman | Apr 6, 2020 | COVID, Privacy

With the increase in use of remote work and telehealth, cybercriminal activity and video conference hijacking are also increasing. On April 2, 2020, the FBI released an article on defending against video conference hijacking. This is particularly important information...

Cybersecurity During COVID-19

by Sarah Badahman | Apr 3, 2020 | COVID, Privacy

Watch out for COVID-19 cyber scams Sarah Badahman, CHPSE, Founder/CEO, HIPAAtrek Bethany Baty, Digital Marketing Director, HIPAAtrek Margaret Scavotto, JD, CHC, President, MPA The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...