HIPAA Compliant Email Encryption Review
Covered Entities, Business Associates and Business Associate Subcontractors are required to protect the PHI they store and come in contact with at rest, storage and transit. Today we are going to be discussing your options for protecting ePHI in transit;...
OCR’s Phase 2 of HIPAA Audit Program Focuses on Business Associates
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement that they will begin auditing Business Associates in October motivated a Covered Entity’s compliance officer to call Total HIPAA last week. He had done a Google search on what a Covered Entity should do...
Multi-Line Agencies and Privacy Requirements
It’s important to train all staff in a multi-line agency on HIPAA Compliance There is a great deal of crossover within a multi-line agencies. Cross-selling group or individual health insurance and other benefits, between personal lines and key commercial lines...
Strong Passwords – Your Employees Most Important Contribution to Network Security
Are your passwords so easy that a seven year old can figure them out? In 2012, Dropbox verified that the user information of 68 million Dropbox users was stolen. This information included both usernames and passwords. Though Dropbox was aware of this breach, there was...