Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022 – What’s In It?
In March of 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022. The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022 wears many hats. The law reauthorizes the Anti-Violence [...]
OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter Offers Guidance Against Common Cyberattacks
Each quarter the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights issues a cybersecurity newsletter. The newsletter highlights cybersecurity trends affecting the healthcare industry. As [...]
Should You Have a HIPAA Compliant Password Manager?
As technology makes our lives easier, it brings the challenge of remembering all the various usernames and passwords required to access our data. Many of us take [...]
New Website Aims to Align HHS Cybersecurity Guidance
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new website designed to align HHS cybersecurity guidance across the healthcare spectrum and facilitate the exchange of best practices [...]
HIPAA Compliance Helps Prevent Small Practice Cybercrime
Most security experts agree that it is no longer a question of if cybercriminals will target your practice, but when. Hacking, phishing attacks, and ransomware can effectively [...]
No HIPAA Incident Response Plan is Planned Failure
Nearly Half of Healthcare Orgs Have No HIPAA Incident Response Plan for Cyberattacks Despite the growing threat of cyberattacks such as phishing, hacking, [...]
Top 4 Healthcare Cybersecurity Challenges
There are many cybersecurity challenges that face healthcare organizations, particularly as they’ve become more of a target for hackers. This is for several reasons such as the [...]
2.8 Million Patients Affected by 2021 October Healthcare Breaches
October was Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but that didn’t stop healthcare breaches from surging with 2,817,162 patients affected by breaches last month. The vast majority of 2021 October healthcare breaches [...]
Cyber Threats in Healthcare and FIN12 Ransomware
Cyber threats in healthcare are constantly evolving and becoming more complex. A recent report released by Mandiant Intelligence uncovered the very real threat FIN12 ransomware poses to [...]
Healthcare Cyber Attacks on the Rise
Several major health systems have reported an onslaught of phishing, spoofing, and ransomware incidents. While these healthcare cyber attacks use different tactics, they all have the same end goal [...]
