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Each year the National Cyber Security Alliance promotes Cybersecurity Awareness Month during the Month of October. It's estimated that over 90% of breaches occur as the result of user error, so developing a culture of cybersecurity in your organization is more important than ever. Each day in October we posted a Myth or a Tip on our social media, and as much as a month of increased awareness helps, Cybersecurity is really an ongoing effort.
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At the HIMSS Healthcare IT Conference last week in Las Vegas, Roger Severino, Director of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the HIPAA enforcement agency, made some news when he said that health care providers may share Protected Health Information (PHI) with patients through standard text messages. Providers must first warn their patients that texting is not secure, gain the patients’ authorization, and document the patients’ consent. Note that this only applies to communications with patients.
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Security is the top technology concern among small business owners, and the flood of information about new security threats can seem overwhelming at times. Just about every week we see a new headline about a new threat or breach.
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