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Smart Phone, Dumb User

by HIPAA Admin on August 25, 2011

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Isn’t it great having a phone that is more powerful than a desktop computer from just a few years ago? All the information you ever need, right there at your finger tips. Your smart phone has access to: Your contact list Your home address (a few clicks and a thief can be at your home) [...]

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Lost Thumbdrive

by HIPAA Admin on August 16, 2011

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Those two words should bring a cold sweat to most medical practices….unless you are setup correctly. St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Del. is sweating today as they had to notify almost 500 patients that a thumbdrive was lost. This thumbdrive was actually lost in the spring, but nobody realized it – careless. This thumbdrive had [...]

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The Fire Upstairs

by HIPAA Admin on August 12, 2011

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Imagine this: you pull up to your office in the morning to see fire trucks putting out a fire in the office above yours. As you arrive, the flames are gone, but there is still smoke and steam coming from the building. You look around and notice that the fire never made it to your [...]

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Loose Lips Sink Ships

by HIPAA Admin on August 2, 2011

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Remember these posters from World War II? No, no…I don’t expect you around then, but you’ve probably seen a few of these, in fact I went out and found one. It is not unusual to hear about somebody “tweeting” something they should not have. In The Wall Street Journal, and article about an executive at [...]

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Password Hacks

by HIPAA Admin on July 25, 2011

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Thanks to the recent issue of cell phone voice mail hacking, we get to talk some more about password strength. The Wall Street Journal just had an article about cell phone hacks. You can see a previous article written on password buffoonery here. What is interesting to note with voice mail is typically they are [...]

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