HIPAA Cyber Alert

The Healthcare Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (HCCIC) published a report dated 1-5-2018 titled “Recently Publicized Widespread Processor Vulnerabilities” The report states that most computer processors sold over the last 10 years pose a threat to the protection of 1. Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector sensitive data 2. Protected Health Information (PHI) and 3. …

HOMELAND SECURITY REPORTS – PETYA RANSOMWARE ATTACKS:

Compliance Update:  June 27, 2017 HOMELAND SECURITY REPORTS – PETYA RANSOMWARE ATTACKS: The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team aka US-CERT is reporting Petya ransomware infections occurring in networks in many countries around the world. Petya ransomware encrypts the master boot records of infected Windows computers, making affected machines unusable. Open-source reports indicate that the …