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Re: The Heavy Toll of Poor Data Security in Healthcare

tonyl ·
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Re: What HIPAA does and how the healthcare industry has been complying

John Mooney ·
What's really comical is while MFP vendors are touting the great features of their HIPAA complaint systems, walk through a typical sales office and I guarantee you'll be able to find a lease with a personal guarantee and a person's SS# left out somewhere on a desk.
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Re: Cybersecurity in healthcare - Why there needs to be more concern

Keith Thompson ·
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Re: New Survey Reveals Consistent Failures in Healthcare IT Security

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Healthcare's Next Step with Secure Cloud Demands

David Bailey ·
Cloud computing has remained one of the most important trends to ever have surfaced in corporate IT, as it quickly overhauled the ways in which organizations provision, use, maintain and optimize their technological assets. Although cloud markets were first very heavy on software, the industry has evolved rapidly to offer infrastructure, platform and other options necessary to have a fully functional and optimally enabled IT department. Still, security has been a touchy subject for cloud...
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Healthcare IT Security Onus Remains on Access Control

David Bailey ·
As major trends in corporate computing such as the Internet of Things, enterprise mobility, big data and telecommuting continue to intensify, security professionals have increasingly urged leaders to understand the importance of enhanced access control. Up until this point, simple passwords have been the most common means of authenticating users and allowing individuals to use and share sensitive corporate information through a range of platforms, websites and devices. However, the...
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Healthcare - The Road Ahead for Patient Record Protection

David Bailey (Guest) ·
IT security has finally become a more central and critical priority among health care leaders in the past few years, and this could not have come soon enough given the immense volumes of records exposed of late. Identity theft has been the most...
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As Mobility Spreads, Healthcare IT Security Must Be Enhanced

David Bailey ·
The healthcare industry has become a bit more mobile-centric in the past few years, driven by the need for agile, always-on operations that fit the preferences of both employees and clientele. When watching trends in the IT manufacturing sector, it has become clear that personal computers are likely to continue falling in shipments and investments, replaced by the adoption of and rising expenditures related to smartphones, tablets and portable computers. What's more, the mobility arena has...
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Is Healthcare Prepared for Internet of Things?

David Bailey ·
The Internet of Things has been among the more widely discussed and hyped trends in corporate computing throughout the past few years, and is only continuing to gain steam given the explosion of new devices entering the market. Considering the fact that health care firms have thus far struggled to get a handle on enterprise mobility, which only entails smartphones, tablets and portable computer, leaders need to begin planning for the IoT as soon as possible with a specific focus on security.
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New Survey Reveals Consistent Failures in Healthcare IT Security

David Bailey (Guest) ·
It might seem as though journalists and analysts have been beating a dead horse with the information on healthcare's severe IT security struggles, but awareness is critical in the fight against modern cybercrime. This is especially true given the...
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HIPAA and cybersecurity: Is encryption necessary?

David Bailey (Guest) ·
Cybersecurity remains an uphill battle for all fields. Healthcare has remained a high priority, due to the highly sensitive information generated and stored by organizations within the space. HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and...
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Healthcare organizations at risk of Shellshock vulnerability

Art Post ·
Security threats are growing in abundance as more health organizations choose to host large quantities of patients' personal and medical information in data centers, locally and across the country. A recent study from McAfee discovered over 31 million...
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Cloud security considerations for healthcare organizations

Art Post ·
Cloud computing has numerous benefits for organizations in the healthcare industry, as many departments can find applications and data to host in the cloud environment, making resource provisioning easier and allowing employees to use less physical...
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Data breaches in healthcare costing millions

Art Post ·
The healthcare industry is undeniably a target of cybercriminals. With the increased usage of electronic health records, healthcare organizations have large volumes of data stored in data centers, on employee devices and sent through email. However,...
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The Future of Healthcare IT Will Pose Risks

David Bailey (Guest) ·
Healthcare providers were constantly under the gun when it came to the safe deployment of new technologies throughout the past several years, and it would be hard to argue that the sector at large has been highly successful in these endeavors. This is...
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Common Threats to Health Data Security and Their Consequences

David Bailey (Guest) ·
The health care industry has been under the gun of late because of the increasing prevalence of major data breaches that have exposed the medical records of millions of individuals around the globe. As more entities fall victim to these events,...
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Data Breach Threats Shift for Healthcare Firms

David Bailey (Guest) ·
In the past five years or so, a wealth of research and analysis has been released regarding the most common causes of data breach, as well as the associated costs of experiencing one of these events and how many entities have been impacted. What has...
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How HIPAA may be affected by Obama's cybersecurity proposal

Art Post ·
President Barack Obama reiterated his goal to change cybersecurity in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. He hopes to accomplish more secure data through legislative modifications and his own cybersecurity proposal. However, healthcare...
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Cybersecurity in healthcare - Why there needs to be more concern

Art Post ·
Cybersecurity has become a huge concern for the healthcare industry in more ways than one. Forbes reported that in 2011, Jerome Radcliffe, a diabetic, demonstrated how his wireless insulin pump could be hacked at a Black Hat cybersecurity conference....
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3 tips for being HIPAA-compliant in the healthcare industry

Art Post ·
HIPAA compliance can be tough. However, with a variety of data security worries on the minds of many, it has never been more important, as the penalties for HIPAA violations are expensive. For instance, it cost two organizations nearly $2 million...
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5 trends that will affect the Healthcare IT sector this year

David (Guest) ·
Trends are always affecting the healthcare IT community and this year looks no different with a variety of technological tools expected to become more popular. Cybersecurity is always important in regard to the cloud, the Internet of Things and big...
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What HIPAA does and how the healthcare industry has been complying

David Bailey (Guest) ·
HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, has been a huge source of interest since cyberattacks became prevalent in the business world. Many people have argued that hackers will begin to focus on the healthcare industry, due...
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Cybersecurity predictions for 2015 - Healthcare

Art Post ·
Cybersecurity has been in the news quite a lot over the past year given the breaches sustained by Sony Pictures and retail stores like Target and Home Depot. What kind of changes in cybersecurity are happening, and what can customers expect in 2015?...
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The Heavy Toll of Poor Data Security in Healthcare

Art Post ·
In what has become a farce of sorts, health care providers appear to remain far behind the learning curve when it comes to data, network and email security, as breaches have been on a torridly rising path in the past few months. Although retailers...
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PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers

Art Post ·
PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers I’ve asked this question a hundred or more times and I always get the same answer, silence, followed by “I don’t know.” We’re all aware of the constant threats of hacking, malware and malicious software, however what steps do we take to secure our paper based documents? These paper based documents can include corporate checks, medical prescription forms, purchase order forms and letterhead. It’s...
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Is Healthcare Prepared for More Mobile IT?

David Bailey ·
One of the more prominent threats to IT security throughout the past five years has been mobility, as smartphones, tablets, portable computers and the software they run remain common sources of breach and information loss. In healthcare, lost or stolen devices, as well as misuse of those gadgets among employees, can quickly lead to a major breach of corporate IT, and this has happened more times than one could count in the past couple of years alone. Because medical firms are expected to...
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Healthcare IT Security Legislation Changes

David Bailey ·
Information security has been among the most widely discussed topics in the healthcare sector for the past several years running, as regulators in Washington and advocacy group officials work to tighten up best practices, standards and compliance requirements. Data breaches have been widespread, impacting millions of patients over the past several years, and some of the more massive events in cybersecurity history have hit in the past 12 months alone. So many factors are making it more...
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IT’S ONLY A SMALL PIECE OF DOCUMENT HANDLING OR IS IT?

Art Post ·
Fifty Billion! (No, not dollars in another government research project on some frog croaking program that we don’t know what is accomplished). As noted in a number of recent research studies and articles, this is the estimated number of pages sent last year via fax, and a very significant portion is accomplished using older, less secure fax devices, fax boards in copier/printer devices or fax servers over costly analog phone lines. Growing Shift There has been a growing shift over the past...
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Re: PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers

Martin Hofman ·
Thanks Art, for clarifying how these products can benefit the US Copier Dealers. We recently added al lot of Brand-specific Locks (and other solutions) to the Shop, so together with our Universal Locks we can cover almost every locking problem!
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Re: PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers

Dave Smith ·
Hey Art. A quick note that based on your recommendation a few months ago I checked out the Copier Solutions link on your site as I had a need for tray locks for a university application. I ordered the dealer kit and I was extremely impressed with the construction and quality of the product. We sell Toshiba systems and the universal tray locks from their site worked excellent! What I liked about these is they are easy to install and a single key is all that's needed. There is a variety of...
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Re: PaperLock Device Adds Extra Layer of Security for HealthCare Industry Copiers & Printers

Art Post ·
Dave Thanks, I agree! Quality and support from VA is excellent!
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IT, MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for January 10th 2022

Art Post ·
Sponsored by January 10th, 2022 Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have the expertise, certifications, and...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago

Art Post ·
This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago Third Week of June 2012 Wednesday night found me and members of our Stratix crew at The Jillian Fund charity gala in North Jersey. It is awesome to be a part of 600 people and many vendors of our industry to raise funds to help those in need. Enjoy These Fantastic Threads from Ten Years Ago This Week! Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 951 Delivers Unmatched Monochrome Reliability and Quality Art Post (Guest) · 6/19/129:47 PM technologies and Managed IT...
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Today's Hacked!

Art Post ·
Hacked! 7/11/2023 Teen hacked Uber, Revolut and Grand Theft Auto maker, London court hears ... .A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group hacked Uber (UBER.N) and fintech firm Revolut then blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto, prosecutors have told a London court..... Ransomware attack hits Hayward; city claims, so far, personal data is safe .... The City of Hayward says was hacked. But officials say, so far people's private data is safe. "There has been...
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Today's Hacked!

Art Post ·
Hacked! Hacking gang behind pharmacy chaos shuts down again. Will it matter? - The Washington Post ......ALPHV, the hacking group responsible for disrupting pharmacy operations, has disappeared before, raising questions about the impact of their absence on ongoing healthcare challenges...... read more here Patients or payroll? US healthcare hack creates hard choices..... The recent healthcare hack has forced difficult decisions upon healthcare providers, with mental health services...
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