by DSAT | HIPAA Privacy and Security
As a Business Associate, what are your HIPAA obligations to your medical clients? One of the first things to mark off your HIPAA to-do list is to create a Business Associate Agreement that you can give to your medical clients, or use with your subcontractors....
by DSAT | HIPAA Privacy and Security
A diagnostic medical imaging services company based in Franklin, TN to is going to have to pay $3,000,000 for 300,000 patient ePHI breach. The company, Touchstone, made a few errors along the way, which could have contributed to the breach, and the HHS and OCR cited...
by DSAT | Data Security, HIPAA Privacy and Security, Network And Security
Most ePHI breaches come from one or two vulnerabilities: employee errors or loss/theft of a device. Employee errors occur when effective training is missing, and they fall victim to social engineering, for example, and allow the bad actors in. Another way ePHI is...
by DSAT | Data Security, HIPAA Privacy and Security, Network And Security
Social engineering tactics are some of the most effective for hackers. Here’s a brief description of what they are, and what you can do to protect yourself and your business. We will run through the basics of phishing, watering hole, whaling, pretexting, baiting...
by DSAT | Data Security, HIPAA Privacy and Security, Network And Security
Data breaches are more common and cost more than you may think. In addition to fines, downtime, and costs to correct the problems that lead to the breach, you may not have considered the loss in revenue that can occur. Revenue decreases $3.7 million at healthcare...
by DSAT | Data Security, HIPAA Privacy and Security, Network And Security
Hard to believe, but passwords may go the way of the rotary phone. And soon. Instead of signing in with a login and password, the newest version of Microsoft Windows 10 will text a code to your phone. Most of us are familiar with this as two-factor...
