Ed Jones, PMP, CHSP, Author at Third Rock

Are you Safe?

by Ed Jones, PMP, CHSP | Aug 17, 2018 | Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Protect Yourself

Safety. Such an important word with so many different connotations. We ask safety questions constantly. Is my family safe? Will my house be safe? Is this a safe neighborhood? Are our schools safe? Many technologies are designed to specifically pacify our desire to...

GDPR – the “Undo” Button for Personal Data?

by Ed Jones, PMP, CHSP | May 15, 2018 | Compliance & Security

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect May 25th, about two weeks from now. In the news it is often being called “overreaching” and “impractical,” but its objective is to place control of personal data...

The Right Cyber-Talk

by Ed Jones, PMP, CHSP | Mar 29, 2018 | Cyber Security

I recently taught a cyber security class to a large medical practice. The goals were to better protect the organization from cyber-attacks and to improve their HIPAA compliance. This medical practice is a well-run and well-managed business that invests in its...

How to Grow Cyber Security Awareness Heroes

by Ed Jones, PMP, CHSP | Mar 1, 2018 | Cyber Security

The top threat facing any organization today is the staff member working from a computer! Not because this person intends to do malicious harm to the organization, but because of lack of cyber security awareness and training. Confirmation of this is MediaPro’s 2017...

Cloud or Not-to-Cloud; The Allscripts Breach

by Ed Jones, PMP, CHSP | Feb 6, 2018 | Cybersecurity

Allscripts’ Electronic Health Records service was the first major cloud-based EHR to be significantly disrupted by a ransomware attack. Close to 1,500 practices were affected by the EHR outage for about a week; essentially shutting down those practices. Allscripts...

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