October 30, 2017 SpamTitan Reviews SpamTitan is an advanced spam filtering solution developed by Galway, Ireland-based TitanHQ. Listed below are some of the recent SpamTitan reviews and awards received for ... Read more
October 24, 2017 OIG: Multiple Security Weaknesses in Alabama’s Medicaid Management Information System The HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of Alabama’s Medicaid data and information systems to adetermine whether the state was in ... Read more
October 13, 2017 Internet of Things Medical Resilience Partnership Act to Provide Direction on Devices The Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act, aimed at establishing public-private stakeholder partnership which will be tasked with developing a cybersecurity framework to prevent ... Read more
October 12, 2017 Why You Should Use a Web Filter to Prevent Employees Accessing Pornography Many companies have realized that acceptable Internet usage policies are insufficient and do not prevent employees accessing pornography at work. While employees can be told ... Read more
October 10, 2017 AppRiver Acquired by Marlin Equity Partners The private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners has security a majority stake in the Florida-based cybersecurity firm AppRiver for an undisclosed sum. Marlin Equity Partners ... Read more
October 6, 2017 GFI Software Improves Email Security with GFI MailEssentials v.21 GFI Software has released a new version of GFI MailEssentials – Its award-winning spam filtering solution for small and medium sized businesses. Version 21 of ... Read more
September 20, 2017 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Names SonicWall 2017 Cybersecurity Company of the Year SonicWall has collected a prestigious Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award and was named ‘Overall CyberSecurity Company of the Year, 2017. CyberSecurity Breakthrough is an independent organization that ... Read more
September 9, 2017 OCR Warns Covered Entities to Prepare for Natural Disasters Medical Centers and Hospitals in Texas and Louisiana have been stretched due to Hurricane Harvey,and are trying to provide medical services without breaching HIPAA Rules. ... Read more
September 6, 2017 SpamTitan Shortlisted for 2017 Computing Security Award TitanHQ’s anti-spam solution SpamTitan has been shortlisted for a 2017 Computing Security Award. The product was included in the list of finalists in the Best ... Read more
August 17, 2017 NIST Revises Guidance on Passwords The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued new guidance on passwords. It is standard practice to make passwords stronger by using a ... Read more
July 25, 2017 RightScale Announces General Availability of its Optima Cloud Cost Management and Optimization Solution RightScale Optima, the collaborative cloud cost management and optimization platform for enterprises, has now been released and is generally available. The solution allows enterprises to ... Read more
July 19, 2017 ONC Office of the Chief Privacy Officer Funding Stopping in 2018 The withdrawal of funding for the Office of the Chief Privacy Officer has resulted in ONC National Coordinator Don Rucker, M.D. confirming that the office ... Read more
July 16, 2017 UK Hospital Cybersecurity Funding to Increase by £21 Million Hospital cybersecurity funding has been increased in the UK in the wake of the recent WannaCry ransomware attacks that crippled parts of the NHS. Health ... Read more
July 15, 2017 ONC Offers Tips to Improve Patient Data Access The HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has given covered entities tips to improve patient data access, explaining how important ... Read more
July 13, 2017 Cloud Resource Management Solution Provider Spotinst Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding Cloud resource management solution provider Spotinst has raised more than $15 million in Series A funding, with Intel Capital leading the latest funding round. Springtime ... Read more
July 10, 2017 GorillaStack Helps Firms Manage EBS Snapshots and Save on Cloud Storage Costs GorillaStack has announced it has introduced new AWS cost allocation functionality for Elastic Block Store (EBS) snapshots. Amazon EBS is a block storage system that ... Read more
July 5, 2017 File Sharing Tools and Cloud Computing: OCR Highlights Risks File sharing and collaboration services offer many advantages to HIPAA-covered companies, although the services can also introduce risks to the privacy and security of electronic ... Read more
June 29, 2017 Microsoft Confirms Acquisition of Cloudyn The first rumors that Microsoft was attempting to purchase the Israeli cloud cost management firm Cloudyn surfaced in April, although it has been relatively quiet ... Read more
June 24, 2017 PhishLine Releases Updated Security Awareness Guidebook PhishLine, a leading anti-phishing and security awareness training provider, has released a new and improved version of its popular security awareness guidebook – Advanced Persistent ... Read more
June 16, 2017 HHS Considers Making Changes to the OCR Wall of Shame Since the HITECH Act came into force in 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has been publishing data ... Read more
May 31, 2017 Advanced Technology Partner Status in the AWS Partner Network Achieved by FittedCloud FittedCloud, a provider of cloud cost optimization solutions for Amazon Web Services (AWS), has announced that it has achieved Advanced Technology Partner status in the ... Read more
May 17, 2017 NIST Issues Guidance on Securing Drug Pumps Guidance on securing drug pumps has been issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to help healthcare organizations mitigate the risk of ... Read more
April 26, 2017 CardioNet Settles HIPAA Violations with OCR for $2.5 Million Pensylvania-based CardioNet has agreed a $2.5 million settlement to resolve potential HIPAA compliance violations. The provider of remote mobile monitoring and quick response services to ... Read more
April 21, 2017 $31,000 HIPAA Penalty for a Business Associate Agreement Violation The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has issued a $31,000 HIPAA penalty for a business associate agreement violation to The ... Read more
April 15, 2017 Denver-Based Metro Community Agrees $400,000 HIPAA Penalty Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN), a Denver, CO-based federally-qualified health center (FQHC), has agreed to pay OCR $400,000 and implement a stringent corrective action plan ... Read more
April 13, 2017 Are HIPAA Rules Outdated and is an Update Overdue? Are HIPAA Rules outdated? Is an update long overdue? An article recently published in the journal JAMIA explores potential updates to HIPAA to keep the ... Read more
April 5, 2017 OCR Issues Warning to Healthcare Providers on Use of HTTPS Inspection Tools Many healthcare organization use HTTPS inspection tools to monitor HTTPS connections for malware. HTTPS inspection tools decrypt secure HTTPS network traffic and review content before ... Read more
March 30, 2017 40% of Second-Hand Devices Found to Contain PII The danger of failing to ensure mobile devices have all data securely wiped before being recommissioned or resold has been highlighted by a recent study ... Read more
March 30, 2017 Mecklenburg County HIPAA Violation Prompts Policy Update A recently discovered Mecklenbury County HIPAA violation has infuriated county officials. An investigation has now been conducted to determine how HIPAA Rules were so easily ... Read more
March 29, 2017 ONC Updates SAFER Guides to Assist HIPAA-Covered Entities with EHR Safety and Security The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released updated versions of its SAFER Guides. The series of guides provide useful information ... Read more
