Tag: Data Breaches

March 24, 2017

Despite the fact that ransomware and hacking attacks draw the biggest headlines, it is actually improper insider access that causes the highest number of data breaches. Such are the results from the most recent Protenus “Breach Barometer,” which analyzes reported […]

January 25, 2017

The first HIPAA enforcement action of 2017 is also the first of its kind—a stiff penalty by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights leveled against a provider that tarried in reporting a breach of […]

December 13, 2016

Cyber attacks hit nine providers and a business associate in the 10 largest hacks of 2016. The number of records accessed were down significantly from 2015, when hackers were able to break into records of large insurers. Here are the […]

November 28, 2016

The HHS Office for Civil Rights has once again sanctioned a healthcare provider organization for violating HIPAA privacy and security rules. The University of Massachusetts Amherst, known as UMass, will pay a $650,000 settlement fine and enter into a two-year […]

August 23, 2016

The HHS Office for Civil Rights, which enforces rules surrounding HIPAA, has announced it will investigate breaches of protected health information affecting fewer than 500 individuals. In September 2015, the HHS Office of Inspector General recommended that OCR begin posting […]

August 15, 2016

The annual cybersecurity event known as Black Hat officially ended just over a week ago, but of course the security issues and headlines continue unabated. The publication Motherboard reported that Yahoo YHOO +3.57% is “aware” of a notorious cybercriminal advertising […]

August 2, 2016

Almost three out of every four healthcare data breaches can be linked to three common security problems, and managing those types of issues can greatly impact overall security performance. Those include losses or thefts of laptops; improper or criminal accessing […]

July 26, 2016

All the data breaches, hackers, ransowmare and medical records theft during the last couple years in healthcare is creating great demand for information security professionals. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in fact, projected that the number of jobs in […]

May 31, 2016

2015 was unsurprisingly the year with the highest-profile healthcare data breaches to-date. With more and more patient information being transferred and stored digitally it’s a trend likely to continue for many years to come. Clinics, doctors offices, insurers and hospitals, […]