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What Does a Breach Really Cost? 2 Laptops = $3 Million Settlement

by | Oct 24, 2013 | AVMed, Current IT Security Events, Education, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA HITECH, IT News You Can Use, Loricca, Regulatory Compliance, Security Breaches, What Does a Breach Cost

In 2011 there was an employee of AvMed Corporation in Florida that managed to steal 2 laptops from the company’s corporate location.  On the laptop there was roughly 1.2 million patient’s personally identifiable information.  This information was used to obtain bank...

10 Ways to Avoid the Negative Effects of Social Engineering

by | Oct 16, 2013 | Best Practices, Compliance, Email Security, HIPAA, HIPAA HITECH, HiTech, IT News You Can Use, IT Security, Loricca, Password Maintenance, Regulatory Compliance, Security Awareness Training, Security Breach, Social Engineering, Workstation Security

Social Engineering – gaining unauthorized information by deception, including fraudulent activities meant to gain access to computer systems that are protected by passwords, user IDs, etc. Social Engineering is one of the most overlooked vulnerabilities for...