HIPAA Compliant Text Messaging Apps – BEST OPTIONS
HIPAA compliant text messaging apps protect sensitive data, like Protected Health Information (PHI) in transit. Today, everyone uses text messaging (“texting”) for easy and quick communication. It is a great tool for convenience and efficiency, but most users don’t...
Recommended HIPAA Compliant Email Encryption Services
In this blog post, we review nine email encryption vendors (Barracuda, Egress, Hushmail, Indentillect, LuxSci, MailHippo, NeoCertified, Protected Trust, ProtonMail, Rmail, & Virtru) who provide HIPAA compliant email encryption services that will keep your...
Working Remotely While Staying HIPAA Compliant: Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) vs. SSL/TLS in a HIPAA Environment
Whether you’re working from home, your local coffee shop, or from the airport between layovers, you will likely need to connect to your organization’s network. A public or personal Wi-Fi network is available, but is it secure enough to be able to work remotely while...
How to Use HIPAA to Defend Against Common Cybersecurity Attacks
While much of the anti-malware technology we have to protect us from hackers has become increasingly more sophisticated, so have attackers’ methods. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), incidents of hacking affecting 500 people or more...