Editors’ Note: This is the second of a multi-part end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity during the coming year. Click here for our previous entry on HIPAA Compliance. Up next: ...more
A mere month and a half after the WannaCry strain of ransomware caused major havoc in European and Asian countries, another major ransomware attack hit large institutions across Europe and the United States yesterday. ...more
Those “in the know” in the cybersecurity world have been aware for more than a year of the threat posed by ransomware, a type of malware that locks victims’ access to their files until they pay a ransom. But discussion of...more
Introduction -
Cybersecurity was a prominent factor in 2016 in all aspects of government, business and personal affairs. Russian and other foreign national hacking has the potential to spark a new form of cold...more
2/16/2017
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Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) ,
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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Trade Secrets
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a continuing end-of-year series. See our previous posts on trade secrets, state regulation and law enforcement, and HIPAA compliance. Our last two posts will focus on the energy...more
On July 11, 2016, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance on HIPAA covered entities’ responsibilities in a ransomware attack, a type of cyber-attack that has targeted the health care sector extensively in...more
7/25/2016
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Business Associates ,
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Encryption ,
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OCR ,
PHI ,
Ransomware
The FBI recently released an article discussing the spate of ransomware attacks on a variety of different entities, including hospitals. In the article, the FBI warned that ransomware attacks and the cybercriminals carrying...more
Hospitals are increasingly the target of hackers, particularly in the form of “ransomware.” What follows is a primer on ransomware and how to avoid being a target of it....more