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1. Apr 7, 2014

   Physicians for Chicago Bulls and White Sox suffer data breach

   Surgical information for more than 1,200 patients may have been compromised in February when an unknown person accessed a doctor’s Gmail account, a …

   Martin Horan2 min read

2. Feb 4, 2014

   Bring Your Own Device or Disaster?

   In many organizations, employees circumvent the official IT-approved tools and use file sharing services intended for the consumer. Now, it appears that they …

   Martin Horan1 min read

3. Jan 27, 2014

   Is HIPAA Restricting Care Partners' Record Access?

   Chronically ill patients may want family and friends to have access to their health records, but physicians’ offices run into the legal problem of how to keep …

   Martin Horan2 min read

4. Oct 16, 2013

   Medical University of S.C. reports its largest data breach

   The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) sustained its largest breach ever between June 30 and Aug. 21 when a third-party credit card processing company …

   Martin Horan1 min read

5. Oct 14, 2013

   Mobile Device Security

   Hundreds of thousands of employees use mobile devices to access, edit, or store sensitive information. The problem is, mobile devices are far from secure, …

   Martin Horan3 min read

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   Sep 25, 2013

   Privacy and Data Security under GLBA

   Training under GLBA is required via its Safeguards Rule, 16 CFR 314.4. The training requirement is rather vague, but interagency guidance recommends that …

   Martin Horan1 min read

7. Sep 23, 2013

   Are You Ready to Comply with the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule?

   Today marks the deadline for compliance with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. Violations can cost companies up to $1.5 million per year in fines and can ruin your …

   Martin Horan1 min read

8. Sep 17, 2013

   Cloud Storage Changes the Game for HIPAA Security

   Cloud computing changes the dynamics of certain parts of HIPAA's Security requirements. In a cloud computing scenario, most security activities occur in …

   Martin Horan2 min read

9. Sep 10, 2013

   What about Authentication and Authorization

   Of all the problems covered in this article, cloud authentication and authorization has the greatest number of commercial solutions available. This does not …

   Martin Horan1 min read

10. Sep 5, 2013

    Apps aren't always as secure as they claim

    Application security has been getting attention for years. In my mind, its importance increases when an application is deployed to a cloud environment, as the …

    Martin Horan2 min read

11. Sep 3, 2013

    Massive Data Breach at Advocate Medical Group

    Advocate Medical Group announced Friday that it has been working internally and with law enforcement to investigate the July 15 burglary of an Advocate …

    Martin Horan2 min read

12. Sep 3, 2013

    Sensitive Information Needs Safer Storage

    Safely storing sensitive information is one of the toughest problems in cloud computing. The solution is to encrypt data, but the critical questions are where …

    Martin Horan2 min read