2021 Cyber Trends
While large-scale transitions to our business environments changed in 2020 due to the COVID outbreak and implementation of remote work strategies, we are still forecasting how to create an adaptable security plan for the near future. Many are probably more than ready to move on to 2021 as quickly as possible, while hoping for a more stable (more…)
TAKING CYBERCARE: An Update on Healthcare and Cybersecurity
2020 has been a transformative year for the healthcare industry. COVID-19 underscored how essential and delicate our medical infrastructure can be. We changed our working environments and how we interact with one another. (more…)
Are Thermal Scanners a Privacy/HIPAA Concern?
As businesses re-open and take cautionary measures to prevent spread of COVID-19, many organizations have incorporated thermal scanner policies onsite. (more…)
How Do You Secure New Technology?
Hackers are relentless adversaries who incessantly create new tools and methodologies to take advantage of known exploitable vulnerabilities within networks. (more…)
Cyber Security Policies & Strategies Forum: SCPHCA
HALOCK Security Labs led the Cyber Security forum for the South Carolina Primary Health Care Association (SCPHCA). Managing consultants, Tod Ferran, CISSP, QSA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, and Glenn A. Stout, Ph.D., CISSP, CISM, GSEC, PMP presented on hot topics. (more…)
Chris Cronin at EXPO.health Conference
The 2019 EXPO.health conference is focused on 5 main topic areas which are of interest to health IT professionals at hospitals, health systems, and ambulatory organizations (more…)
Defining Reasonable Safeguards in Healthcare
The American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Webinar on Reasonable Security:
Thought Leader Perspectives Webinar – Adopting Duty of Care Risk Analysis to Drive Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
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Learn best practices in establishing reasonable security safeguards.
Chronology of HIPAA, HITECH & the Omnibus Rule
HIPAA is a confusing regulation. Since its enactment on August 21, 1996, it has covered topics as diverse as insurance coverage of unemployed people, efficiency of health care administration, data security, and more recently the improvement of healthcare outcomes. HIPAA has had the complicated history of regulatory revisions, clarifications, and guidance documents from various agencies, and it is still largely misunderstood.