Does your office assign a business email to all of your employees? If so, what is your office policy on the use of that email? Sure, you might tell them it is for “official use only”…but what does that mean? And…if you “told” them this vs. having it in a written policy…does it even matter? [...]
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Continue ReadingThe folks at St. Francis Health System in Tulsa, OK now have 84,000 people to contact. Why? An old computer at a “former” hospital was stolen. Old hospital? Was this computer just left behind? Where there no controls on equipment? Do you know where all of your computer equipment is? What do you do with [...]
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Continue ReadingThis is horrendous. 1.7 million people in NYC have now had their data stolen. ========= How did this happen? ========= The hospital makes backup tapes of its computers then has the shipped off site. On the surface this seems smart: Backup computers – SMART Store backup off site – SMART Transfer backup data in non-secure [...]
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Continue ReadingWell, not really repealed, but multiple exemptions were passed, and though not specific in the bill, medical practices should now be exempt. On Tuesday the Senate approved S 3987, the latest bill dealing with Red Flag Rules. This latest version does not specify certain professionals with less than 20 employees may be exempt, but instead [...]
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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 [...]
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