OVER-SECURING PHI: A DANGEROUS HIPAA VIOLATION | What is reasonable?

Over-securing protected health information (PHI) means protecting the (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-02T17:42:05+00:00Tags: HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, hipaa privacy, hipaa violation, HIPAA violations, PHI, Protected HEalth Information, Reasonable, risk|

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COMMON HIPAA VIOLATIONS THAT ARE EASY TO FIX

THE HIPAA ‘DIRTY DOZEN’ – FIND OUT ABOUT THE (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-07-16T19:52:18+00:00Tags: Compliance, ePHI, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA violation examples, HIPAA violations, PHI, Privacy, Protected HEalth Information, security|

PRIVACY VS SECURITY – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

The ever-increasing demands from laws and regulations to protect personal information comes with (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-08-13T19:36:09+00:00Tags: Compliance, Cyber security, Privacy, Privacy law, Security Rule|

THE FTC IS TELLING US THAT PCI DSS CERTIFICATION IS NOT ENOUGH. NOW WHAT?

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Cindy Kaplan2024-07-02T17:48:38+00:00Tags: certification, certifications, Compliance, FTC, GLBA, HIPAA, ISO, lifelock, NIST, PCI, PCI DSS, reasonable and appropriate, Risk Assessments, safeguards|

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HIPAA INFORMATION AND EMAIL – HOW TO COMPLY

HIPAA INFORMATION AND EMAIL

According to HHS, “the (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-07-16T22:45:32+00:00Tags: email, ePHI, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, PHI, Protected HEalth Information, secure email, TLS|

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How to Quickly Respond to Computer Intrusions – HALOCK

The moment you realize you are experiencing a network-based breach, you (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-12-23T21:11:44+00:00Tags: Breach, breach incident response, Cyber security, forensic, incident remediation, Incident Response Plan, IR, IR plan, response team|

RECOGNIZING THE THREAT FROM WITHIN

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Cindy Kaplan2025-07-17T21:41:27+00:00Tags: behavior, Hackers, insider threat, IT, Privileged information, threat management|

THE JP MORGAN CHASE HACKER INDICTMENTS EXEMPLIFY HOW BACKWARD THE INFOSEC SPACE IS

HACKER INDICTMENTS – Cybersecurity audits mean nothing to hackers. And in (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-06-28T19:10:45+00:00Tags: Breach, Hackers, JP Morgan Chase, Personally Identifiable Information, PII|

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WHAT IS HIPAA?

HALOCK is deep in the regulatory compliance (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-07-16T22:48:32+00:00Tags: Evaluating Risk, health insurance, HIPAA, hipaa privacy, HIPAA security rule, PHI, Privacy rule, Protected HEalth Information, reasonable and appropriate, risk, Security Rule|

REDUCING RISKS THROUGH COMPENSATION: HOW TO INSTITUTIONALIZE RISK MANAGEMENT IN EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLANS

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Cindy Kaplan2024-08-01T19:59:38+00:00Tags: CISA, CISM, CISSP, Compensation, compensation plan, Compliance, goals, HIPAA, ISO 27002, Key performance indicators, KPI, NIST, PCI, risk, risk management|