Tools & Practices

April 13, 2017

Are HIPAA Rules Outdated and is an Update Overdue?

Are HIPAA Rules outdated? Is an update long overdue? An article recently published in the journal JAMIA explores potential updates to HIPAA to keep the ...

April 5, 2017

OCR Issues Warning to Healthcare Providers on Use of HTTPS Inspection Tools

Many healthcare organization use HTTPS inspection tools to monitor HTTPS connections for malware. HTTPS inspection tools decrypt secure HTTPS network traffic and review content before ...

March 30, 2017

40% of Second-Hand Devices Found to Contain PII

The danger of failing to ensure mobile devices have all data securely wiped before being recommissioned or resold has been highlighted by a recent study ...

March 30, 2017

Mecklenburg County HIPAA Violation Prompts Policy Update

A recently discovered Mecklenbury County HIPAA violation has infuriated county officials. An investigation has now been conducted to determine how HIPAA Rules were so easily ...

March 29, 2017

ONC Updates SAFER Guides to Assist HIPAA-Covered Entities with EHR Safety and Security

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released updated versions of its SAFER Guides. The series of guides provide useful information ...

March 28, 2017

FBI Warns Healthcare Providers of Risk of Using Anonymous FTP Servers

Healthcare organizations could be placing the protected health information of patients at risk by using anonymous FTP servers, according to a recent alert issued by ...

March 24, 2017

US-Certs Says SSL Inspection Tools May Actually Weaken Cybersecurity

SSL inspection tools are commonly used by healthcare providers to improve security; however, according to a recent warning issued by US-CERT, SSL inspection tools may ...

March 24, 2017

Cybersecurity Tips for Healthcare Providers Offered by WEDI

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) has published a white paper offering cybersecurity tips for healthcare providers to help them ensure the sensitive protected ...

March 23, 2017

FittedCloud Enhances its EC2 and EBS Optimization Solutions

FittedCloud has announced its cloud cost optimization solution for AWS has benefitted from an upgrade with new machine-learning algorithms added to the solution, enhanced reports, ...

March 22, 2017

GFI Software Launches OneConnect Advanced Email Protection, Continuity, and Archiving Solution

GFI Software has launched two new software systems to give sysadmins much better protection from sophisticated cyberattacks. The past 12 months has seen an increase ...

March 21, 2017

Medical Records of 26 Million Healthcare Patients at Risk of Compromise

An IT system used by around 2,700 medical practices in the United Kingdom potentially allows the medical records of patients to be accessed by unauthorized ...

March 10, 2017

Expanded Awareness Video Campaigns to be Showcased by Wombat Security at the SXSW Conference

Wombat Security Technologies will be showcasing a new addition to its Awareness Video Campaigns at this month’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference. The Awareness Video ...

March 7, 2017

Spotinst and RightScale Partnership Helps Customers Automate Use of EC2 Spot Instances

A new Rightscale and Spotinst partnership has been announced, which will see the Spotinst Elastigroup AWS spot instance management platform integrated into RightScale’s universal cloud ...

March 3, 2017

Agari Wins Security PG 2017 Global Excellence Award for Best Security Software

The cybersecurity firm Agari has been crowed winner of the Best Security Software category at this year’s Security Product Guide 2017 Global Excellence Awards. The ...

March 1, 2017

InfoSec Institute Wins Silver for SecurityIQ at 2017 Info Security PG Awards

The Elmwood Park, IL-based InfoSec Institute has received a silver medal for its SecurityIQ (v1) platform in the Security Training and Educational Programs category (11-99 ...

February 28, 2017

MediaPro Awarded Gold Medal at 2017 Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards

Each year, the Info Security Products Guide recognizes the companies and individuals that have excelled in the field of information security and have developed innovative ...

February 15, 2017

Ironscales Wins Best Messaging Security Solution Award

Cyber Defense Magazine has announced the winners of its 2017 Awards, with Ironscales winning an Editor’s Choice Award in the Best Messaging Security Solution category ...

February 15, 2017

February Patch Tuesday Delayed as Microsoft Fixes Last Minute Issues

The Valentine’s Day update from Microsoft did not arrive yesterday as planned. February Patch Tuesday will be coming, just a little later than usual. The ...

February 13, 2017

New Microsoft Security Tools for Businesses Soon to be Released

On Friday, an announcement was made about a host of new Microsoft security tools for businesses that will soon be released. The new tools have ...

February 10, 2017

MediaPro Launches Adaptive Planning Tool and Industry-Specific Security Awareness Training Program

MediaPro has announced it has developed a new Adaptive Planning Tool that can be used in conjunction with its Adaptive Awareness Portal™ to develop custom ...

February 10, 2017

SonicWall Releases New Version of its Next-Gen Email Security Solution

SonicWall has announced the release of the latest version of its next-gen email security platform and firewall that has enhanced capabilities to protect against the ...

February 8, 2017

Beware of LNK Attachments and Malicious SVG Files

JavaScript attachments are still used to infect computers with malware and ransomware, but a new trend has emerged that is seeing cybercriminals switch to malicious ...

February 2, 2017

Anti-Spoofing Email Security Tool Launched by IronScales

IronScales, a leading Israeli cybersecurity firm, has launched a new anti-spoofing email security tool that prevents impersonation attacks using company domains and branding. The new ...

January 30, 2017

Latest CloudCheckr Update Adds New Right-Sizing Capability

After listening to feedback from its users, CloudCheckr has made a slew of updates to its platform in January to improve usability. The firm has ...

January 30, 2017

PhishLine Uses Integrated Personality Assessments to Tailor Security Awareness Training to the Individual

Cybercriminals often send phishing campaigns randomly. A typical organization may see phishing emails reach scores of inboxes. Training can be provided to reduce susceptibility to ...

January 28, 2017

Spotinst Launches New Load Balancer Service

Spotinst, the leading cloud monitoring and optimization solution provider, has launched a new load balancing service for cloud-based applications. Load balancing solutions currently on the ...

January 27, 2017

Gmail to Start Blocking JavaScript Attachments from February 2017

Blocking JavaScript attachments can help to reduce malware and ransomware infections, yet Google has resisted adding the file attachments to its banned list. However, that ...

January 19, 2017

MAPFRE Life HIPAA Settlement: $2.2 Million for Impermissible Disclosure of ePHI

MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico has settled potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with the Department of Health ...

January 11, 2017

Agari Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

The past two years has seen cybersecurity firm Agari enjoy rapid growth, helped by the release of its anti-spear phishing platform, Enterprise Protect™. Ensuring that ...

January 11, 2017

January 2017 Patch Tuesday: Four Updates Issued by Microsoft

January 2017 Patch Tuesday sees one of the lightest updates for Microsoft. The updates are spread across just four security bulletins, two of which have ...

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