New York Gov Kathy Hochul is touting her proposed statewide cybersecurity regulations for hospitals and health systems as “nation-leading,” and, if approved, those entities will have until February 2025 to comply with the new...more
11/20/2023
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Community Health Systems ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
New Regulations ,
New York ,
PHI ,
Security Risk Assessments
New York’s Department of Financial Services signaled once again its intent to strongly enforce the state’s Cybersecurity Regulation by finding OneMain Financial Group violated the law in several ways and imposing a $4.25...more
A major healthcare system recently experienced a ransomware attack that affected patient care, showing once again the importance of hospitals and other healthcare facilities implementing comprehensive cybersecurity plans. ...more
The recent ransomware attack targeting Los Angeles Unified School District is another frightening reminder school districts are especially vulnerable to hackers and must continuously assess all of the individual systems...more
COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on nearly all aspects of organizations nationwide – from employee safety to reimagined workplaces to financial hardships. But cyber protection and response during the pandemic cannot take a...more
6/24/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Ransomware
In addition to the upheaval and emergency measures taken to combat the COVID-19 virus, organizations are increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. A key driver of that vulnerability is an at-home workforce using older...more
4/13/2020
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information
We are increasingly seeing situations in which a client’s information systems are breached by an ethical hacker. Typically, they take a screen shot or two of data to prove their accomplishment, carefully redact any...more
11/4/2019
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Confidential Information ,
Data Breach ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ethics ,
Extortion ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Information Management ,
Information Technology ,
Personal Information ,
Risk Management ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
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