October 31, 2015 Emergence Health Network Cyberattack Exposes 11,000 Records Another HIPAA-covered entity has reported being targeted by hackers: The Emergence Health Network cyberattack has resulted in 11,000 patient records being exposed to cybercriminals. Social ... Read more
October 29, 2015 Trust in HIPAA-Covered Entities Ability to Securely Store Healthcare Data Remains Low Earlier this year, a survey conducted by Software Advice indicated that the high volume of cyberattacks, cases of insider theft, and negligence by healthcare providers ... Read more
October 27, 2015 Accidental Transmission of PHI Causes Two Healthcare Data Breaches Two data breaches have been reported which have been caused as a result of the accidental transmission of PHI, following simple errors made when sending ... Read more
October 2, 2015 UCLA Health Data Breach Lawsuit: Healthcare Provider Not Liable to Pay Damages The UCLA Health data breach lawsuit filed by plaintiff Norma Lozano after her medical records were inappropriately accessed and disclosed to a third party by ... Read more
October 1, 2015 When Will the HIPAA Compliance Audits Start? Early 2016, says OCR When will the HIPAA compliance audits start? According to a letter sent by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ... Read more
October 1, 2015 Flowers Hospital Data Breach Lawsuit Progresses A Flowers Hospital data breach lawsuit has survived another motion to dismiss. U.S District Judge, William Keith Watkins, has agreed with the recommendations of a ... Read more
September 29, 2015 Medical Device Security Vulnerabilities are Putting Patient Data at Risk A new report presented at the DerbyCon Security Conference on Tuesday has revealed serious medical device security vulnerabilities. The medical device security vulnerabilities are present ... Read more
September 9, 2015 2016 Start for Phase 2 of the OCR HIPAA Compliance Audits The second phase of the OCR HIPAA compliance audits have been delayed for more than a year, but the wait is finally over, according to ... Read more
September 4, 2015 Employee Negligence is the Main Healthcare Data Breach Risk Successful hacks are headline news, and there have been a great deal reported so far in 2015; however, the main healthcare data breach risk is ... Read more
August 29, 2015 KPMG Healthcare Cyberattack Survey: 81% of Companies Suffered an attack in Past 2 Years A new healthcare cyberattack survey commissioned by KPMG highlights the dire state of preparedness by healthcare organizations, the severity of the current threat landscape, and ... Read more
August 28, 2015 Cybersecurity Regulations are to be Enforced by the FTC? A recent decision by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals could mean that cybersecurity regulations are to be enforced by the FTC. The Department ... Read more
July 18, 2015 UCLA Health System Hack Uncovered A UCLA Health System hack has been uncovered in which 4.5 million patient health records have been accessed and potentially stolen. This may not be ... Read more
July 8, 2015 Skeddly Expands Free Usage Tier to Include More EBS Snapshots and AMI Images Skeddly has announced it has expanded its free usage tier. The enhancements provide more opportunities to backup cloud instances free of charge to ensure that ... Read more
July 6, 2015 Current State of Healthcare Data Security A new report has been released by Veracode comparing government mobile application security with other industries, with the report giving an insight into the state ... Read more
June 13, 2015 Healthcare Providers Face Medical Device Hacking Risk Any healthcare provider believing the risk of a data breach through a medical device is low, should think again; a new white paper suggests the ... Read more
June 11, 2015 New Mental Health Law and HIPAA Rules Rep Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) have reintroduced a new Mental Health law and HIPAA rules are likely to be affected. ... Read more
May 31, 2015 Cottage Health System Breach Settlement Reached The Cottage Health System breach settlement has been a long time coming but the healthcare provider has now decided to settle the lawsuit rather than ... Read more
May 29, 2015 Illinois Hospital Breaches HIPAA Rules on Data Storage An Illinois healthcare provider, Thomas H. Boyd Memorial Hospital has potentially breached HIPAA compliance rules on data storage by selling a property and failing to ... Read more
May 22, 2015 Employee Data Theft Affects up to 40 Hospitals Hacking is a worry for healthcare IT professionals, but the thought of employee data theft is enough to cause many a sleepless night. Defenses against ... Read more
May 8, 2015 Ponemon Institute Says Crime Leading Cause of Healthcare Data Breaches The leading cause of healthcare data breaches is now crime, according to a new study published by the Ponemon Institute. The Fifth Annual Benchmark Study ... Read more
May 5, 2015 Potential Breach Notification Violation by Partners Healthcare A Partners HealthCare HIPAA breach has been reported in which 3,300 patient health records were potentially viewed and copied by a hacker, with the healthcare ... Read more
May 5, 2015 DivvyCloud Adds Support for IBM SoftLayer DivvyCloud has developed an agnostic cloud management platform that works with a wide range of cloud service providers including AWS, Azure, OpenStack, and VMware. The ... Read more
May 1, 2015 26 Percent Increase in Healthcare HIPAA Breaches Data security company, Vormetric, has released the results of its recent Harris Poll 2015 Insider Threat Report in which the researchers determined there has been ... Read more
April 28, 2015 Seton Family of Hospitals HIPAA Breach Reported A Seton Family of Hospitals HIPAA breach has been reported. The Protected Health Information (PHI) of approximately 39,000 patients has been obtained by hackers after ... Read more
April 24, 2015 Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA) Passed By House of Representatives The Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA) has been passed by the House of Representatives, taking the bill one step closer to becoming legislation. The Act ... Read more
April 18, 2015 2015 HIPAA Compliance Audits: OCR Refuses to be Drawn The 2015 HIPAA compliance audits are expected to take place, but the Office for Civil Rights has refused to be drawn on a date when ... Read more
April 1, 2015 Healthcare Data Hacking Incidents Rise in March 2015 According to breach reports submitted to the Office for Civil Rights via its new breach reporting portal, healthcare data hacking incidents in March 2015 rose ... Read more
March 28, 2015 Can You Retain Patients After a HIPAA Breach? When a healthcare provider is affected by a data breach and confidential patient information is exposed, disclosed or is stolen, patients are naturally upset or ... Read more
March 24, 2015 Healthcare Data Breaches Increase in Q1 2015 The high volume of healthcare data breaches of last year has continued into 2015, with the last three months seeing 91 million new victims created ... Read more
March 21, 2015 HIPAA Compliance and Data Security in The Cloud Healthcare providers and health plans can gain many valuable benefits from migrating to the cloud, but with the strict regulations covering the use and disclosure ... Read more