by HIPAAgps | Nov 1, 2018 | HIPAA News
The Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) reported on October 16, 2018, about a security incident that affected 1.25 million members. ERS learned about the security incident on August 17, 2018. There was a flaw in one of the search functions in ERS OnLine, which...
by HIPAAgps | Apr 19, 2018 | HIPAA News
A recent study by ServiceNow and the Ponemon Institute provides important information about the state of many organizations’ security and the lack of patches being installed for discovered vulnerabilities. For the study, the Ponemon Institute surveyed 3,000...
by HIPAAgps | Mar 22, 2018 | HIPAA News
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) recently discovered that some GE Medical Devices are vulnerable to malicious attackers. On March 13, the ICS-CERT published information on how some of GE’s...
by HIPAAgps | Jan 11, 2018 | HIPAA News
On January 5, the OCR sent out an emergency update to the security and privacy email lists notifying health care organizations about new discovered computer vulnerabilities that may affect PHI. In the update, the OCR linked to a report from the Healthcare...
by HIPAAgps | Jul 6, 2017 | HIPAA News
Find out what types of system and network vulnerabilities cause problems for health care organizations and their HIPAA compliance. Some system vulnerabilities such as outdated operating systems and software can lead to HIPAA breaches. A couple recent examples of...
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