The Inspector General in the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OIG, HHS OCR) reported that OCR is not effectively auditing HIPAA covered entities. A covered entity includes doctors and hospitals that have primary ownership of your health records. As a result, the OCR is establishing a permanent audit program and working to identity […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to HousingWire, a panel at the Mortgage Bankers Association mortgage servicing conference discussed cyber risks and one seems to have the attention of regulators is risk introduced by vendors. All you have to do is think back to Target, Home Depot and the Office of Personnel Management (collectively around 200 million compromised records). The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Computer systems at the almost 100 year old Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles were down for over a week due to being hacked. The story started about ten days ago when users at the teaching hospital associated USC began having problems accessing the electronic health record system at the Hospital. They could not access […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Samsung made some news last week. As we know, some smart TVs are always listening to the talking in the room. The way the software works is that it captures all voice and looks for the trigger words. Samsung, in it’s privacy policy, said “Please be aware that if your spoken words include […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One of the San Bernadino shooters in last December’s attack had a work iPhone that, apparently, was locked. Also, apparently, the organization that the shooter worked for was not using device management software, which would allow them to control the device. The FBI wants to unlock the phone but doesn’t know how to do it. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Congress has been trying to pass some sort of cyber security bill for 3 or 4 years now, but up until last December, was never able to pass one. Part of the reason is that knowledgeable people understand that this information sharing will likely not help you or me at all. Last December, Congress quietly […]
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