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Demise of TrueCrypt Encryption Leaves More Questions than Answers

by | May 29, 2014 | Best Practices, BitLocker, Current IT Security Events, Encryption, IT Security, Microsoft, Risk, TrueCrypt, Windows XP Vulnerability

The security world is in an uproar after yesterday’s news that TrueCrypt is unsafe, compromised, or simply discontinued. Whatever has really been discovered or transpired with the popular open source encryption tool, all we have now is a sketchy announcement and wild...

What Hospitals Need to Know (and DO) about Vulnerable Medical Devices

by | May 21, 2014 | HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA HITECH, HiTech, Hospital Security, IT Security, Medical Device Security, Risk Assessment, Security Breach, Wireless Medical Devices

On the popular tv show Homeland, Vice President Walden’s hacked pacemaker became the weapon for his assassination. In an interview last year, former Vice President Dick Cheney confirmed that the possibility of his pacemaker being hacked had been discussed and the...

OCR to Healthcare Providers: “Do We Have Your Attention?”

by | May 16, 2014 | Business Associate, Compliance, Current IT Security Events, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA HITECH, HIPAA Penalty, IT Security Breach, OCR, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Assessment, Security Breach, Security Breaches

If the $1.7 Million penalty announced recently by OCR didn’t get your attention, how does $4.8 Million sound? In the Department of Health and Human Services’ greatest fine levied to date, two partner healthcare organizations settled with an agreement to pay what, at...