The FTC Act and HIPAA Protect the Same Information
You collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about your patients, employees and clients, which can be linked to their medical, educational, financial, and employment data. If you are an employer offering health benefits or a healthcare provider you follow all...
Microsoft End of Support for 2017
Note: We update this list every year. To see the most recent version of this post, click here. There are numerous products that Microsoft will no longer support starting in 2017. If you are still using any of these products, what does this mean to you? For starters,...
It’s Time to Report Small Breaches
Deadline for Reporting HIPAA Breaches Affecting Fewer than 500 Individuals – February 28, 2017 HIPAA breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals, which occurred during 2016, must be reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Tuesday,...
Are You Prepared for Ransomware?
Both large and small businesses are warned about hackers getting into their files and demanding a ransom in order to release the blocked access. Businesses are not preparing for the inevitable. It is easy pickings for hackers. The question is not will you face this...