Cybersecurity Awareness: Patch Management

Cybersecurity Awareness: Patch Management

It’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), which means it’s time to go back to the basics of HIPAA privacy and security. The last post gave tips for managing your passwords. Now you’ll learn why patch management is one of the most important things you can...
Cybersecurity Awareness: Password Management

Cybersecurity Awareness: Password Management

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights has made October the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM).  Why? Healthcare companies are falling prey to hackers, resulting in huge privacy breaches, and the problem is only...
The Three Exceptions to a HIPAA Breach

The Three Exceptions to a HIPAA Breach

Many people have a “better safe than sorry” mentality when it comes to privacy and HIPAA breaches. Similar to how doctors, nurses, and technicians often consider incidental disclosures to be privacy violations, many privacy officers consider any impermissible...