by George W. Jackson, Jr., MBA, Ph.D., HCISPP, CISSP, PMP | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog
By George W. Jackson, Jr., MBA, Ph.D., HCISPP, CISSP, CRISC, PMP In a time of public crisis where millions of Americans are being asked or forced to stay at home, the opportunity to receive expert medical care through the use of telehealth and remote patient...
by Clearwater | Mar 6, 2020 | Blog
By Dawn Morgenstern and Katie Sullivan Late last month, news broke of a ransomware attack on an EHR provider that impacted a NY-based home health chain Personal Touch Home Care. The attack is one of many recent cyber incidents involving vendors that provide crucial...
by Wes Morris | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog
Wes Morris, Managing Principal Consultant Dawn Morgenstern, Senior Principal Consultant On January 23, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in Ciox Health v. Azar, et al. that certain elements of guidance for Individual Access...
by Clearwater | Jan 13, 2020 | Blog
On the heels of a major wave of ransomware activity in late 2019, this week healthcare organizations find themselves further challenged by the threat of state-sponsored cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure. Vulnerability assessment, incident response, disaster...
by Jon Stone | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog
The HIPAA Security Rule1, as well as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and other standards, stipulate that a risk analysis and risk management process should be ongoing, and not performed at a single point in time. However, many healthcare...
by Steve Cagle | Nov 15, 2019 | Blog
At the recent NIST-OCR Safeguarding Health Information (HIPAA Security) Conference Office for Civil Rights Director Roger Severino presented OCR’s top security concerns. He stated that they include ransomware, phishing attacks, remote desktop protocol vulnerabilities,...