The OPM breach has been deservedly in the news for over a month now. Much has been written and said about it across the mainstream media and the internet1. …
Is your auditor or consultant anything like the OPM OIG?
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PRIVACY
No, Security Privacy Is Not A Hindrance To TeleHealth Adoption
Since I follow the teleheath space rather closely from a security/privacy perspective, I was drawn yesterday to this article titled “How Health Privacy Regulations Hinder Telehealth Adoption”. From my experience, …
Patient Portals Make or Break
Like many other Health IT initiatives today, the primary driver for patient portals is regulatory in nature. Specifically, it is the Meaningful Use requirements related to view, download or transmit and …
That Odd Authentication Dichotomy Needs To Change
By now, it should be clear that we need to consider strong (multi factor) authentication for access to anything of value. In an age and time when most public email services …
Beware of Security Best Practices and Controls Frameworks
What could be possibly wrong with “Best Practices” or “Leading Practices” that your favorite security consultant might be talking about? Or for that matter, how could we go wrong if we used …
How useful is the HHS OIG report published this week?
I am sure some of you saw this news report about HHS OIG finding some security related deficiencies in the EHR certification program. I was keen to read the full …
From A Security Or Compliance StandPoint…
It is probably safe to say that we security professionals hear the phrase in the title of this post rather frequently. For one, I heard it again earlier today from …
A Second Look At Our Risk Assessments?
I came across this Akamai Security Blog post recently which I thought was a useful and informative read overall. As I read through the blog post however, something caught my …
Top 10 Pitfalls Security or Privacy Risk Assessments
Risk Assessment is a foundational requirement for an effective security or privacy program and it needs to be the basis for every investment decision in information security or privacy. To …