In at least the fourth federal HIPAA case involving improper disclosure of patient information to the media, federal regulators have slapped a three-doctor practice in Connecticut with a financial penalty.
In a Monday statement, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights says it has signed a $125,000 settlement with Allergy Associates of Hartford, which has four locations in Connecticut.
David Holtzman’s comments are featured in this article.
0:00The threat of a ransomware incident in healthcare looms over the minds of many healthcare, executives and boards. Those who have already had the misfortune to deal with a ransomware incident will like
CynergisTek's offensive security services test an organization's environment and people to validate the effectiveness against cyber attacks.
Caleb Barlow offers commentary on the recent story about a California state employee exposing the COVID-19 test and tracking data of more than two thousand people.
Caleb Barlow offers commentary on the recent story about a California state employee exposing the COVID-19 test and tracking data of more than two thousand people.
In this infographic, we depict Microsoft Exchange Server Breach response procedures if exploitation activity is discovered.
Marti Arvin discusses ransomware attacks and other disruptive cyber incidents that have been surging in the healthcare sector, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Caleb Barlow discusses the rise of ransomware attacks in healthcare and breaks down seven strategies that can protect healthcare organizations from ransomware.
The market for working with a security consulting partner has increased. Working with a security consulting partner can help your cybersecurity strategy.
Security Control Validation Assessment measures the capability of your security teams, processes, and technology to determine the organization's overall business risk.
Adversary Validation discovers vulnerabilities with no disruption to network operations and allows your organization to remediate before the malicious hacker can exploit your environment.
Caleb Barlow provides commentary on The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control warning companies that they could be fined for paying or facilitating ransom payments to cyber-criminal gangs.
The Security Awareness Tips list allows you to download, customize, and share tips and best practices to your clients to give them insight on how they can protect their data.
Caleb Barlow, CEO of CynergisTek provides his expertise in this article regarding the Universal Health Services ransomware attack.
Ransomware is a trending topic for healthcare in 2020. The following checklist delivers tips and best practices to enhance your posture when dealing with ransomware.
Caleb Barlow discusses the recent ransomware attack on Equinix infrastructure disclosed earlier this month. Equinix stated it has been fully contained, with no customers affected and no data loss.
Caleb Barlow provides commentary which discusses the recent ransomware attack at Duesseldorf University Clinic (UKD) in Germany that led to the death of a patient.
Our third annual report, Moving Forward: Setting the Direction, our analysts combed through data of the nearly 300 assessments performed to show the state of healthcare security in 2020.
Marti Arvin offers commentary for this article which focuses on the recent announcement from federal prosecutors who have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle the 2015 HITECH fraud case.
This article includes results from CynergisTek’s recent telehealth survey Telehealth & Data Security: Understanding the Risks and the use of hospitals using telehealth if their data has been hacked.
David Finn contributes to this article where he discusses benevolent bots and building security and privacy into the design process for software vendors.
