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Focus on Technology: Windows 10 WiFi Sense
Windows 10 has a feature called WiFi Sense, which will automatically share your WiFi connection with other electronic equipment. Sounds great, doesn't it? No more writing down or repeating SIDs and passwords to let people access your secure, private wireless...
Achieving Your HIPAA Gold Medal
With the 2016 Summer Olympics in full swing I thought it apropos to use the analogy of achieving a gold medal to obtaining HIPAA compliance. I know, not really fair or nice to the Olympics and Olympians, but it makes a decent blog post and a good analogy. So, bear...
Is HIPAA Worth It?
HIPAA is yet another government mandate for American healthcare businesses to address. We all know it's time consuming, requires a lot of effort to learn, stay current on and to implement. Plus, it's costly. But, is it worth it? Does it truly help the covered...
Advocate Health Care Fined $5.5 Million for HIPAA Violations
Advocate Health Care Network, of Illinois, reported three breaches in 2013. Four desktop computers containing approximately four million patients' ePHI. The OCR stated "This significant settlement, the largest to-date against a single entity, is a result of the...
Third Rock Announces CompassDB™ – A Comprehensive Compliance Management Platform
Austin, TX, - Aug. 3, 2016 – Third Rock, provider of HIPAA Worry-Free Compliance™, announced CompassDB™ their compliance management platform. CompassDB™ is designed to significantly reduce the cost and burden of HIPAA compliance for all parties involved. Consulting...
Focus on Security: Phishing for Malware
85 percent of organizations have suffered phishing attacks! That is straight from the Wombat 2016 State of the Phish report. Is that depressing or what! The sad thing is, phishing can be thwarted most of the time. But, it requires diligent training of your ENTIRE...
Focus on Security: Printer Security
We all know we need to improve our computer and network security. But we often forget that printers are now smart and connected. Basically, they're another computer on the network. Therefore, we all need to take notice and insure we improve security on our printers....
HHS Releases New Guidance on Ransomware
One of the top news makers of 2016 has been ransomware. During the first half of this year, ransomware grew 300% to 4,000 daily attacks! But several high profile attacks of hospitals really put it in the spotlight. Although it has been around for several decades, in...
Focus on Security: Microsoft sets security bulletin record
Microsoft had 135 security bulletins in 2015, which was a significant increase over previous years. In fact it was over 25%. What this means to you? That Microsoft had to fix a lot of vulnerabilities in their software. Which meant someone found a way to break in to...
HIPAA Crossword Puzzle
HIPAA Crossword Puzzle Third Rock We thought it might be good to have you learn more about HIPAA through a challenging crossword puzzle. We hope you enjoy completing the puzzle and learn a little about HIPAA in the process. You can click the image below...