Legal, Financial, and Criminal Consequences for HIPAA Violations

Protecting patients’ private health information has become a major concern for most of the world. That’s because this information and data, otherwise known as “protected health information” (PHI) and electronic protected health information” (e-PHI), has increasingly become a primary target of a variety of hackers and scammers. And while this data and information is protected […]

The Top 6 Websites for Healthcare IT News

Being up-to-date in your industry is important for any job, but is even more crucial in the evolving world of healthcare IT. Thankfully, these six sites make it easy to keep up with breaking stories, tech updates, industry trends, and more. 1. Healthcare IT News Healthcare IT News is a great source for news in […]

Top 5 Tips for Creating and Securing Passwords

As cybercrimes continue to surface at an alarming rate, hacktivist attacks and online information thefts are becoming an everyday occurrence, putting us all at a greater risk than ever before. From the 2018 Macy’s data breach to phishing and malvertising, there is an obvious trend of instability within the online realm when it comes to […]

Orangeworm Targeting Healthcare Data Security with Trojan.Kwampirs

Symantec released a late April 2018 report stating Orangeworm, a new cyber group, has been undermining healthcare data security with targeted attack campaigns against large healthcare firms and related industries using a custom backdoor malware known as Trojan.Kwampirs. Here’s what you need to know to stay on top of the developing IT health and security […]

Data Encryption Part 2: What Should Your Company Encrypt?

If you’ve been following our recent data encryption series, you know that protecting against cyber attacks is incredibly important. In our last post, we went over exactly what data encryption is, the types of data encryption methods, and how data encryption benefits organizations of all kinds. Next, it’s important to understand the type of data […]