Real World Cost of a HIPAA Breach
When we talk about HIPAA compliance much of the emphasis is on avoiding Office of Civil Rights (OCR) fines and penalties. It is understandable that some of you may be skeptical about the threat of an audit happening to your company. However, the cost of a real world...
A Real World Breach – Why HIPAA Compliance Matters
Developing and implementing a HIPAA compliance plan can often seem like preparing for a tornado on a sunny day. You’ve never had a real-world breach before and you don’t foresee an OCR audit anytime in the near future. However, as one of our clients recently...
The Value of Healthcare Data
The rising number of healthcare hacks demonstrates that healthcare data has tremendous value in the wrong hands. Some experts call 2015 “the year of the healthcare hack.” This year brought us some of the largest hacks to date, like: Premera Blue Cross — 11...
What is a Zero-Day Security Flaw?
As you have been developing, updating and improving your HIPAA Security Plan, you have probably come across the term zero-day. To most IT departments this is a very common term; for the rest of us not only may it be new, but the words that come after it can sound...