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Healthcare Data: The New Prized Target for Hackers

by HITC Staff 02/15/2016 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Cyber Hygiene: 5 Best Practices to Protect Patient Data _Cybercrime in Healthcare_Infographic: History of Security Data Breaches in Healthcare

Hackers are searching for their new targets and have landed on the health industry. People of all ages are using Mhealth, fitness tracking devices and wearables to improve their health but aren’t realizing that the personal information they share on those platforms aren’t as secure as you’d think. While many people see high-profile data breaches in the news like The Office of Personnel and Ashley Madison, they still don’t take the appropriate actions to protect themselves. Each generation
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Infographic: Top 10 Healthcare Cyber Attacks in 2015

by HITC Staff 01/05/2016 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Cyber Hygiene: 5 Best Practices to Protect Patient Data _Cybercrime in Healthcare_Infographic: History of Security Data Breaches in Healthcare

  Hackers accessed over 100 million health records in 2015 and eight of the 10 largest healthcare cyber attacks ever seen happened in 2015. The following Infographic created by CynergisTek, a KLAS-rated privacy and security assistance firm for provider organizations illustrates  some of these healthcare privacy & security trends and challenge in 2015. 
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Premera Blue Cross Hacker Attack Exposes 11M Customers

by Fred Pennic 03/18/2015 Leave a Comment

Premera Blue Cross security breach

Health insurer Premera Blue Cross announced on Tuesday it was the victim of a cyberattack that may have collectively exposed more than 11M patients' information including name, date of birth, phone number, social security number, and home address were taken. Premera first detected that cyberattackers had executed a sophisticated attack to gain unauthorized access to their IT systems on Jan. 29; however, after further investigation discovered the attack may have initially occurred last
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Security Breach: IT Contractor Steals $100k from Franciscan Health Care

by HITC Staff 11/28/2014 Leave a Comment

Security Breach

A former IT contractor has been charged with stealing more than $100k in computers, monitors, scanners and other electronic equipment from Tacoma, WA based Franciscan Health System, reports KIRO7 News. According to the court documents, 32-year-old Justin Pace was assigned to Franciscan Health System by IT staffing firm Apex Systems from October 2013 to July 2014; however, his security badge remain active months after his assignment ended. As a result, Pace was able to gain access to St. Joseph
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The High Cost of HIPAA Violations [Infographic Wednesdays]

by Fred Pennic 08/01/2012 1 Comment

High Cost of HIPAA Violations Infographic

Infographic details some of the most serious penalties ever given by the federal government for the high cost of HIPAA violations. Security breaches have increased over 32% over the past year in healthcare organizations costing an estimated 6.5 billion dollars annually according to a study by the Ponemon Institute. Last week, the HHS office for Civil Rights issued its first enforcement action against the state of Alaska  settling with Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) for
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5 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Reduce Security Breaches

by Fred Pennic 12/12/2011 2 Comments

5 ways healthcare organizations can reduce occurrences of security breaches to combat the growing epidemic of security breaches in healthcare. 
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