Electronics giant Samsung has yet to issue a fix for a a security vulnerability existing on Samsung Galaxy devices, 7 months after the company was first alerted to it. A hacking vulnerability affecting S3 to S6 models of Samsung Galaxy phones was identified that...
Deven McGraw been appointed to the role of Deputy Director of Health Information Privacy, and must get the agency auditing, advising and enforcing as it is supposed to be. Ms McGraw will be filling the role left vacant by departure of Susan McAndrew, who retired last...
A survey recently released by Healthcare Information Security Today (HIST) shows many Covered Entities (CEs) are making the same compliance errors that were uncovered during the initial phase of audits. It has been three years since the OCR finished the pilot phase of...
Microsoft has revealed it will be stopping ceasing patches and software updates for Windows Server 2003 on July 15, 2015. Any HIPAA-covered body that is still running the defunct software on any of its servers after this date will be in violation of the HIPAA Security...
A lack of a appropriate workforce with appropriate skills to improve cybersecurity defenses is leading many CISOs and CIOs to look outside their organizations for assistance. Businesses and healthcare suppliers are now increasingly hiring third party consultants and...
