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HIPAA password policy

HIPAA and your password policy – are you compliant?

HIPAA and your password. Thanks to NIST, who in 2017 changed their recommended password policy in publication 800-63B, the change/do not change debate has been ongoing. If you aren’t familiar with the publication, here’s a short news video about it – https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-burr-passwords-guidance/ The problem with 90-day password change requirements is that we tend to create simple passwords …

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MCG health data breach

The lawsuits are flowing in the MCG Health breach. Here’s why it’s bad for you.

Vendor Risk MCG Health is a health information services company providing clinical guidelines to hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. They recently reported a breach that had occurred back in 2020, and already lawsuits from their clients are pouring in. Why does this matter to you? For most care providers, the extent of their data …

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Facebook bad for your health

Facebook is collecting your health information. Should you care?

Facebook is bad for your health! A report published this week by the website Newsbusters revealed some disturbing information about Facebook. The news organization ran a battery of tests against 100 US hospitals and discovered a third of them were using tools provided by Facebook (META) to facilitate online scheduling. What they discovered was anyone …

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HIPAA-Changes 2022

Get ready for major HIPAA changes

HIPAA Changes Ahead In January of 2021, we reported on an amendment to the HITECH act by congress that intended to advance HIPAA compliance and enforcement. The idea was to incentivize Covered Entities to adopt best practices for cybersecurity by reducing the penalty structure for those who did so, and still suffered a breach or were …

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Pentagon breach

The hospital attack that wasn’t

How Boston Children’s dodged an attack This past week the FBI released details on a cyberattack against Boston Children’s Hospital in November of last year. Prior to the attack, CISA and others sent alerts out to the healthcare community warning stakeholders of an imminent state-sponsored cyberattack. There were no specifics to the threat given at …

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HIPAA Security Reminders

 

HIPAA Security Suite has developed a weekly HIPAA Security Reminder series that’s FREE for all of us who are responsible for, or engaged in, the use and protection of PHI.

Pursuant to Section 164.308(a)(5) of the HIPAA Security Rule, the Standard states: Implement a security awareness and training program for all members of its workforce (including management).

This standard is part of our Best Practices Recommendations for HIPAA Security Suite users, but it’s available for FREE to anyone who wants to comply with HIPAA using the easiest, best tools available.

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