There has been a notable emphasis on proactive enforcement of the privacy and security of protected health information in recent weeks as evidenced by multiple developments regarding compliance with the Health Insurance...more
On May 31, 2023, renowned managed file transfer solution provider Ipswitch, Inc. revealed a zero-day vulnerability in its flagship solution, MOVEit Transfer, that can enable mass data theft from thousands of organizations....more
Health care providers of all sizes should be reviewing their Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigations and response plans immediately. On February 2, a pro-Russia hacktivist group, dubbed "Killnet," called upon all of...more
Statistics show that cybercrime increases significantly during the holiday season. Threat actors anticipate that workers are distracted and more likely to fall victim to a phishing email scam than any other time of the year....more
A public cybersecurity advisory was issued yesterday about a likely ransomware attack against the health care and public health sector. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of...more
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Risk Mitigation
The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, signed by Governor Cuomo on July 25, 2019, amends New York's data breach notification law for computerized data. The Act's new requirements take effect March...more
Insurers and organizations regulated by state insurance departments need to be prepared to meet the requirements of the model data security law, which may be finalized this year. In late 2014, the National Association of...more