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On Friday (the second best day to report bad news), American Airlines announced that a hard drive had been stolen from it’s Fort Worth headquarters building.
On this hard drive was current and former employee:
Names
Addresses
Dates of birth
Social Security numbers
some bank information
Oh, and “No customer data was affected”…whew! I’m sure the employees are grateful.
Things we don’t know:
Was [...]
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Continue ReadingAs noted in Reuters:
WellPoint Inc., has warned some 470,000 people who applied for its health insurance that a website security glitch may have exposed their Social Security numbers and other sensitive data to the public….The glitch was introduced…by a contractor who upgraded the site….
A couple of things to note here:
Large companies can (and will) continue [...]
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Continue ReadingThat is the famous motto of Google…”do no evil”.
Cloud storage is the current hot topic these days.
Many don’t realize that Gmail, Yahoo mail, AOL mail, etc are the precursor to cloud storage.
So, is there anything wrong with cloud storage?
Not if it is managed properly.
Today I was discussing with a client, and their IT person, an [...]
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Continue ReadingIt was bound to happen.
Laws are being created.
What’s this about?
As we’ve mentioned a few times on this website, if you use a multi-function photocopier (one that will copy, scan, print and receive faxes), chances are very good (90%+ probability) that your device has a computer hard drive built into it.
This hard drive is intended to [...]
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Continue ReadingA recent national survey* of Hospital Compliance Officers shows concrete data confirming what we see every day in private practices.
Compliance with HIPAA is miserably low.
Some survey numbers are below, but first some clarity.
This survey was of hospitals.
More specifically, large organizations that have lots of money to pay people,
like Hospital Compliance Officers, to ensure they are [...]
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