Hospital Incident Illustrates 3 Important Security Principles

by Sarah Harvey / December 16, 2022

Technical controls are sometimes illustrated with physical descriptions in order to help the non-technical person understand the concept. A firewall, for example, existed as a physical representation that everyone understood to be the wall that stopped a fire from moving through a building. This term later illustrated the purpose of a technical device blocking unwanted traffic from the Internet. Last fall, in a San Franciscan hospital, an incident occurred in…

Tips for Securing Healthcare Data

by Sarah Harvey / June 15, 2023

It's one thing to suffer one data breach - there is room to recover. Will Anthem survive a second breach? Don't let this happen to you. With the Anthem breach still on the forefront of everyone's minds, as well as the upcoming supervision from the OCR and the new phase of HIPAA audits, we have put together some tips to help get you thinking about what you can do now to…

Survey’s Out, Most Common PCI Gaps Revealed

by Sarah Harvey / June 13, 2023

It's becoming more and more obvious every day, the need for enhanced security. As the security landscape changes, the threats to our sensitive data become more serious, and as a result the controls we put in place have gotten stronger. We see a new data breach in the headlines on an increasingly regular basis, as lots of criminals often target cardholder data, specifically. The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was…

3 Things You Can Do to Avoid Being the Next Anthem Headline

by Sarah Harvey / December 16, 2022

The recent Anthem data breach is potentially the largest breach to date in the Healthcare space. When your CEO or your largest clients ask you what your plan is to prevent the same from happening to you, what are you going to tell them? Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is essential for avoiding a data breach. Here are three things you should do immediately to avoid a data breach: Advanced…

3 Reasons to Stop Hesitating and Complete your SSAE 16 Audit

by Sarah Harvey / December 16, 2022

With the compliance landscape rapidly changing, it’s important to stay up to date with current standards to gain trust and respect from your clients. If you’ve been considering getting an SSAE 16 Audit, but keep putting it off, what are you waiting for? Here are 3 Reasons to stop hesitating and start your SSAE 16 Audit today: 1. To gain a competitive advantage Completing an SSAE 16 allows you to…