by HIPAAgps | Aug 30, 2018 | HIPAA News
Confluence Health in Washington State discovered an email breach in May and started an investigation to determine if it was a true breach. Confluence Health is a not-for-profit health system that operates Central Washington Hospital, Wenatchee Valley Hospital and a...
by HIPAAgps | Jul 12, 2018 | HIPAA News
As you may recall from a previous HIPAAgps post, ransomware attacks can devastate a health care company’s reputation and finances. You may not think that this applies to you because your company has a seemingly impenetrable firewall, but these computer bugs infiltrate...
by HIPAAgps | Mar 8, 2018 | HIPAA News
The most recent OCR information newsletter provided guidance on phishing and how to protect against it. Phishing is a specific type of cyberattack where the attacker will send an email or text that seems legitimate, but it asks for confidential information such as...
by HIPAAgps | Nov 9, 2017 | HIPAA News
Ethical hackers say that phishing emails are the biggest risk to HIPAA compliance. At Black Hat 2017, a hackers convention, Bitglass surveyed 129 White Hat* and Black Hat** hackers to determine the easiest ways to get into a network and gather information. According...
by HIPAAgps | Oct 12, 2017 | HIPAA News
Learning from other organizations’ breaches can help you safeguard your patients’ protected health information (PHI). Check out these major breaches and find out how important it is to adhere to HIPAA compliance regulations. Ransomware affects approximately 128k...
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