Security Breaches June 29, 2021 REvil Ransomware Attack Impacts University Medical Center of Southern Nevada A ransomware attack on the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) has resulted in an amount of patient data being stolen. The clinic released a ... Read more
Trends & Reports June 25, 2021 Should you Switch to Bitwarden from LastPass? If you’re currently considering changing the password management software you use, particularly a move away from LastPass following the changes that have recently been introduced ... Read more
Security Breaches June 14, 2021 Lawsuit Filed Against Humana & Cotiviti Following 63,000+ Record Data Breach Following the discovery of a data breach in December 2020, the health insurance and healthcare provider Humana and its business associate Cotiviti are facing legal ... Read more
Compliance June 10, 2021 Best Password Manager for Android Android is the most widely used mobile operating system – commanding 72% of the global market share – and most Android devices are supplied with ... Read more
Tools & Practices June 2, 2021 How Does Bitwarden Manage Your Passwords? The Bitwarden password manager is one of the newest password management solutions available. It is an open source password manager, which means the code is ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 28, 2021 How to Create a Strong Master Password In 2017, Verizon produced their annual Data Breach Investigations Report which revealed that just over 80% of breaches were due to the fact that weak ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 27, 2021 Will Biometric Password Managers Replace Traditional Passwords? For some time there has been a great deal of speculation amongst the cybersecurity community that biometric password managers will eventually be able to take ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 27, 2021 HIPAA Security Rule Violations Lead to $25,000 Settlement between Clinical Laboratory & OCR The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) says a $25,000 HIPAA settlement has been agreed with Peachstate Health Management, LLC, ... Read more
Compliance May 23, 2021 Patients of Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Informed of February 2021 Ransomware Attack Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS) has contacted patients to make them aware of a ransomware attack that hit the organization during February 2021 ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 22, 2021 What are the Driving Factors for Enterprises Behind Single Sign On (SSO) Solutions? Single Sign-On or SSO allows system users to access a range of different devices and applications using just one set of credentials, for this reason ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 20, 2021 How to Avoid Using the Most Common Passwords When people create an online account requiring a username and password, many choose one of the most common passwords because they are easy to remember. ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 18, 2021 Protecting Yourself from a Password Cracker Protecting yourself and your organization from password crackers may appear to be an impossible mission, but it is much easier than you might imagine. You ... Read more
Compliance May 15, 2021 330K Patients Impacted in Ransomware Attack on New York Medical Group Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County has revealed that the protected health information (PHI) of some of its clients may have been impacted during a recent ... Read more
Security Breaches May 14, 2021 Data Breach Impacts Records of 200,000 Military Veterans Online security expert Jeremiah Fowler has discovered an online database holding the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 200,000 U.S. military veterans was accessible until ... Read more
Compliance May 12, 2021 How Often Should Administrators & Network Users be Required to Change their Password? It is common knowledge that passwords should be changed on a regular basis but there is much confusion about how often they should be changed. ... Read more
Compliance May 8, 2021 NIST Password Recommendations One of the best ways to protect online accounts is by following the Digital Identity Guidelines published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 2, 2021 Tackling Identity & Access Management Risks The move to remote working by many companies both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic has seen considerable effort and investment in securing networks. One ... Read more
Compliance May 1, 2021 Is Incognito Mode Safe? It is a common misconception that choosing to open a new browser window in Incognito Mode will mean that you are effectively operating under an ... Read more
Trends & Reports April 25, 2021 How to Create the Perfect Master Password When you use a commercial, vault-based password manager to secure passwords for online accounts, the vault itself has to be secured to prevent unauthorized access ... Read more
Compliance April 20, 2021 Why Passwords are Important To explain why passwords are important, a simple analogy is to compare the login credentials you use to access an online account to your home. If ... Read more
Compliance April 16, 2021 HHS Information Blocking Regulations Now in Effect Created by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the information blocking regulations are now in effect ... Read more
Security Breaches April 16, 2021 HIPAA Breaches at Montefiore Medical Center & Belden It has been discovered that another Montefiore Medical Center employee has accessed patient information with no work reason for doing. It was made public that, ... Read more
Tools & Practices April 16, 2021 Is 1Password, LastPass or Bitwarden Easier to Use? One of the most important factors when evaluating password managers is ease of use. If a password manager is not easy to configure and populate, ... Read more
Compliance April 3, 2021 Ransomware Attack on Home Healthcare Service Provider Affects 753,000 Individuals 753,107 patients of NY-based provider of home health services Personal Touch Holding Corp are being made aware that a breach of their protected health information ... Read more
Trends & Reports March 26, 2021 HIPAA Right of Access Case Involving Massachusetts Mental Health Clinic Settled for $65,000 Following a HIPAA Right of Action investigation by the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Arbour Hospital, a mental health clinic in Boston, MA, has ... Read more
Security Breaches March 22, 2021 Multiple Lawsuits Filed by Victims of Accellion Ransomware Attack The number of healthcare groups to reveal that they have been impacted by the ransomware attack on Accellion has grown, with two of the most ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 7, 2021 Six-month Prison Term for Whistleblower Who Falsely Claimed Nurse Violated HIPAA A six-month prison-term and $1,200 fine has been handed down to a Georgia man who falsely claimed a former acquaintance had violated patient privacy and ... Read more
Compliance March 4, 2021 AllyAlign Health Ransomware Attack Impacts Tens of Thousands of Patients Following an attempted ransomware attack that took place November 13, 2020, AllyAlign Health breach alerts have been sent to make members and providers aware of ... Read more
Security Breaches February 9, 2021 US Fertility Facing Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Ransomware Attack Following a September 2020 ransomware attack and data breach that impacted 878,550 people, US Fertility is now facing a class action lawsuit for allowing it ... Read more
Security Breaches February 8, 2021 Ransomware Fact Sheet Issued by the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) has published a ransomware factsheet in order to increase awareness of the threat of ransomware attacks and ... Read more
