Phishing, Malware Attacks Spike Amid Pandemic
Breaches involving user names and passwords soared 450% in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with 2019, according to the ForgeRock 2021 Consumer Identity Breach Report.
Hipaa Compliance
Health Apps Pose Potential Health Data Breach Risks, FTC Warns
Hackers target vulnerabilities using legitimate software packages, a cybersecurity specialist says.
HIPAA Provisions, Often Misunderstood, Impede Big Data Use
Many organizations adopt overly conservative policies that restrict otherwise completely legal uses of health care data.
Complying With HIPAA When Using Social Media
Among other considerations, health care providers must avoid giving individual medical advice.
Bluetooth Is Useful, Ubiquitous, and an Invitation to Hackers
Bluetooth is potentially susceptible to attack because it allows different devices to communicate over the air, according to a cybersecurity expert.
HIPAA Needs to Keep Up With Information Technology
Core provisions of the HIPAA legislation have largely remained unchanged since their inception despite rapid evolution of technology to keep protected health information from hackers.
HIPAA Changes Guidance Rules to Help Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic
The goal is to help public health departments collect information vital to their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Address Possible Security Lapses as Your Practice Returns to Normal
To accommodate patients remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, practices may have expanded personnel access to protected health information and relied on devices that might be vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Proposed HIPAA Changes Promise to Improve Health Care Delivery
The Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Health and Human Services announced proposed changes to strengthen patients’ rights to access their own health information, improve care coordination, and reduce regulatory burdens.
