by George W. Jackson, Jr., MBA, Ph.D., HCISPP, CISSP, PMP | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog
If your organization accelerated the implementation of new telehealth systems to meet the demand brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, you may find yourself regrouping now and contemplating the need to perform a detailed risk analysis of all of your telehealth assets,...
by admin | May 4, 2020 | Blog
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations have seen a large percentage of their workforce start working remotely while many providers have begun seeing patients remotely as well. This shift has created new threats and vulnerabilities that...
by Wes Morris | Apr 8, 2020 | Blog
Responding to OCR’s Notice of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications By, Wes Morris, Managing Principal Consultant and Dawn Morgenstern, Senior Principal Consultant The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Notification of Enforcement...
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,...
by Jon Moore | Jul 31, 2019 | Blog
In the first half of 2019, there were 223 reported breaches affecting 10.2 million individuals, an increase of 167% over the same period in 2018. These figures do not include the widely publicized American Medical Collections Agency breach, which is estimated to have...