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Keep up to date on industry newsHHS Penetration Tests Show Vulnerabilities
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) created a summary report in March 2019 based on audits and results of penetration tests from 2016 and 2017…
Northwestern Memorial Employees Terminated After Jussie Smollett PHI Breach
Northwestern Memorial Hospital recently found itself in hot water when a potentially volatile, internal, Protected Health Information (PHI) breach came to light…
Health Care Organizations Should Consider Implementing Greater Threat Detection than Prevention
With a steady increase of customers affected by data breaches in the health care sector over the past several years, Security Operation Centers (SOCs) are beginning to explore a change in tactics to compensate…
Facebook in Spotlight Again for Potential Information Misuse
Last week, a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against the tech giant, Facebook Inc., was made public…
Wi-Fi. Why not?
With mobile technology, we are constantly connected, and Wi-Fi is one of the primary mediums for that connection…
Cottage Health Pays $3 Million in Fines to OCR After Investigations Find Multiple HIPAA Breaches
The California-based Cottage Health system has been ordered to pay $3 million in fees after the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) Health and Human Services (HHS) department uncovered a pair of significant HIPAA violations…
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