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Obfuscation makes the cloud work for healthcare

Patient data is sacred when it comes to healthcare. HIPPA tells us so. In virtually every medical practice, cost controls are also sacred, and there are points where regulation and modern tools for reducing IT costs can come into conflict. Remote and cloud-based record processing is common in many fields, [...]

HIPAA Security Reminder of the Week

Protect Yourself from Data Security Breaches By monitoring your accounts regularly, you can respond quickly if hackers attempt to use your information. Security Tips: Pay attention to “last logged in” info. Sign up for electronic alerts. Consider a credit monitoring service. Freeze your credit. Change your passwords regularly. Think [...]

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April 18, 2017
HIPAA IT Security

Phishing Attack Results in $400,000 HIPAA Breach Fine

A Denver, Colo.-area network of public health clinics paid a $400,000 HIPAA breach penalty after a phishing attack let a hacker gain access to employee email accounts and obtain electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,200 patients, federal authorities said today. Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN) – which provides primary [...]

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April 17, 2017
Education

Laptops or tablets in the classroom?

The trend to bring your own device (BYOD) means schools are handing more control over to parents when it comes to buying technology. Parents and students often weigh up between a tablet or a laptop. But with laptops getting smaller and lighter, and tablets getting larger, the question is broader [...]

HIPAA TIPS: Mobile Device Compliance Part 5

Install and enable a firewall What is a firewall? A personal firewall can protect against unauthorized connections by intercepting incoming and outgoing connection attempts and blocking or permitting them based on a set of rules. Why should you enable or install a firewall? When you enable or install a firewall, [...]

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April 13, 2017
Security Alerts

UPDATE: Security Alert: Beware Microsoft Word Attachment Zero-Day Exploit

We have received an update regarding a recent article posted to our site: (Link to previous article: https://at.obzservices.com/security-alert-beware-microsoft-word-attachment-zero-day-exploit/) Microsoft has released updates to patch the zero-day vulnerability of their Windows operating systems that had been reported on over the last week (KB4015546, KB4015547, KB4015549, KB4015550). Check out this link from Microsoft, which [...]

HIPAA Security Reminder of the Week

Secure Paper Protected Health Information (PHI) too! Sensitive information on paper is the same as sensitive information on a computer. Both need to be protected from unauthorized access and should be treated with caution and discretion. In particular, protected health information (PHI) in all forms (e.g., verbal, fax, paper, electronic) [...]

Security Alert: Beware Microsoft Word Attachment Zero-Day Exploit

We have been made aware of a zero-day attack that is infecting users of the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) with a malware variant. The malware infects the computer after opening the infected Word document attached to an email. A zero-day attack means that there are [...]

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HIPAA Security Reminder of the Week

Phishing Attack Results in $400,000 HIPAA Breach Fine

Laptops or tablets in the classroom?

HIPAA TIPS: Mobile Device Compliance Part 5

UPDATE: Security Alert: Beware Microsoft Word Attachment Zero-Day Exploit

HIPAA Security Reminder of the Week

Security Alert: Beware Microsoft Word Attachment Zero-Day Exploit

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