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• A New Look for HIPAA Security - PR Leap - PR Leap (press release)
  

  A New Look for HIPAA Security - PR Leap PR Leap (press release) (PRLEAP.COM) For many communication application producers, creating a must-have mobile app for introduction to the world is the easy part. The challenge comes in finding a way to let people to know about said app and making it stick in people's minds.

• OCR to offer free HIPAA omnibus webinars this summer - HealthITSecurity.com
  

  OCR to offer free HIPAA omnibus webinars this summer HealthITSecurity.com To help prepared HIPAA covered entities for the new omnibus rule coming into effect on Sept. 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has planned four free HIPAA omnibus webinars between June 14 and July 26 ...

• HIPAA's new normal: the Omnibus HIPAA rulemaking - Lexology (registration)
  

  HIPAA's new normal: the Omnibus HIPAA rulemaking Lexology (registration) On January 25, 2013, the Office of Civil Rights of the federal Department of Health and Human Services published the rules implementing the Health Information Technology and Clinical Health Act. The so-called HIPAA Omnibus Rulemaking makes sweeping ... and more »

• Are health care providers misinterpreting HIPAA? - 10News
  

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  Are health care providers misinterpreting HIPAA? 10News According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the HIPAA Privacy Rule, one of five rules regarding Administrative Simplification under Title II of the act, was designed “to create national standards to protect individuals' medical ... and more »

• Locate, Secure Places Where Protected Health Information is Stored to Improve ... - Becker's Hospital Review
  

  Locate, Secure Places Where Protected Health Information is Stored to Improve ... Becker's Hospital Review In "HIPAA Security Has Teeth, So Locate and Secure Your Healthcare Data," Marion Jenkins, executive vice president at 3T Systems, discusses the importance of identifying where your organization's protected health information is stored and then ... and more »

• VisualShare Selects ClearDATA HIPAA Compliant Cloud Platform to Host ... - PR Web (press release)
  

  VisualShare Selects ClearDATA HIPAA Compliant Cloud Platform to Host ... PR Web (press release) ClearDATA, the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced that VisualShare, an imaging informatics company and leading provider of image exchange, management and collaboration solutions, has selected the ... and more »

• HIPAA Support Widens In Cloud Vendor Community - Forbes
  

  HIPAA Support Widens In Cloud Vendor Community Forbes Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services issued their “Final Ruleâ€� to modify HIPAA – the 1996 legislation that's the beating heart of healthcare security, privacy and data portability. The lack of data portability continues to ... How HIPAA Marketing And Sale Provisions May Apply To YouLaw360 (subscription) Is Healthcare Ready to Embrace the Cloud? - HealthTechZoneHealthTechZone What is a manager allowed to ask about your health condition?Business Management Daily all 5 news articles »

• Tools for the Trade: Understanding Health Insurance Portability and ... - The National Law Review
  

  Tools for the Trade: Understanding Health Insurance Portability and ... The National Law Review Before OCR published this guidance on HIPAA and HITECH on its website, consumers (i.e. patients) routinely accepted and signed HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practice without understanding what rights HIPAA protects. As a result, OCR aimed to familiarize ... Morrison & Foerster LLP | Health Care Privacy and Security, 2013 ed.Linex Legal (registration) (press release) all 2 news articles »

• CVS Ends Rx Company-Sponsored Drug Refill Notices, Citing HIPAA - iHealthBeat
  

  CVS Ends Rx Company-Sponsored Drug Refill Notices, Citing HIPAA iHealthBeat The final HIPAA omnibus rule -- which includes four final rules that implement tougher privacy and security provisions -- was called for under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package's HITECH Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act ...

• Box gets hip to HIPAA, adds health-record apps - GigaOM
  

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  Box gets hip to HIPAA, adds health-record apps GigaOM Box says it's serious about bringing on health care customers by announcing compliance with HIPAA regulations and the adding 10 health care-oriented partner applications. Box health care applications. photo: Box. Think some cloud-storage options are no ... With HIPAA Compliance, Cloud Storage Platform Box Makes A Big Push Into ...TechCrunch Box touts it's now HIPAA-compliant for hosting personal health recordsZDNet Box Reaches HIPAA ComplianceVirtualization Review (blog) The Next Web -HIT Consultant -HealthITSecurity.com all 17 news articles »

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• Mozilla postpones by-default cookie blocking in Firefox
  
  

  Mozilla is postponing its controversial plan for Firefox to block certain third-party cookies by default -- but the company's CTO Brandon Eich urged users not to interpret the delay as a sign that Mozilla is going soft on protecting user

• Researchers uncover new global cyberespionage operation dubbed SafeNet
  

  Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and nongovernmental organizations from over 100 countries.

• In a sea of malware, viruses make a small comeback
  

  The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback.

  The term virus is frequently used as a catch-all for malicious software, but actually describes a very specific type of program that infects files and replicates, noticeable impairing a computer. Most malware these days tries to not be so obvious.

• Pushdo botnet is evolving, becomes more resilient to takedown attempts
  

  Security researchers from Damballa have found a new variant of the Pushdo malware that's better at hiding its malicious network traffic and is more resilient to coordinated takedown efforts.

  The Pushdo Trojan program dates back to early 2007 and is used to distribute other malware threats, like Zeus and SpyEye. It also comes with its own spam engine module, known as Cutwail, which is directly responsible for a large portion of the world's daily spam traffic.

• Microsoft: Invulnerable software is not possible
  
  

  While Microsoft has instituted processes intended to make its software secure and even opened up those processes for others to use, there is no such thing as completely risk-free software, a Microsoft official says.

• Oracle renumbers Java patch updates, confuses users even more
  

  Oracle has changed the numbering of its Java security updates, prompting one expert to say, "As if Java updates weren't confusing already."

  The changes were posted in an Oracle support document last week.

• How to keep the feds from snooping on your cloud data
  

  A cottage industry is growing up around virtual padlocks that consumers can place on cloud services so that the vendors themselves can't get to the information -- even if the government requests access.

  And in recent years there have been a lot of those government requests for access from storage-as-a-service providers.

• 7 steps to securing Java
  

  Java, the popular OS-independent platform and programming language, runs on just about every kind of electronic device imaginable, including computers, cell phones, printers, TVs, DVDs, home security systems, automated teller machines, navigation systems, games and medical devices.

• Microsoft rushes Internet Explorer 8 patch release
  

  Just 11 days after issuing an advisory, Microsoft has released a patch for a bug in Internet Explorer 8 that bedeviled the U.S. Department of Labor earlier this month.

  Microsoft's speedy release of this patch "is an outstanding example of Microsoft's responsiveness to the security community and their users," wrote Andrew Storms, director of security of operations for security software provider Tripwire, in an email statement.

• Social media privacy laws a mixed bag for businesses
  

  New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or those in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses.

  While the laws generally limit companies from asking job seekers and employees for access to their social media accounts under most circumstances, they do provide some rules for when they can do so legally.

• Facebook attacked with credential-harvesting malware
  

  A new variant of the Dorkbot malware was discovered spreading through Facebook's internal chat service, in an attempt by cyber criminals to harvest users' passwords.

  Bitdefender researchers discovered links to the malware circulating among Facebook users in the United States, India, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey and Romania. The security firm did not know the extent of the infection on Monday, but said it counted 9,000 malicious links to the malware in 24 hours.

• Sorry, IT still doesn't do attitude adjustments
  
  

  Technology is now so ingrained in our culture that we're surprised when it's not immediately available.

• Internet Explorer 10 beats Chrome and Firefox at blocking malware downloads
  

  Internet Explorer 10 users are far less likely to suffer malware infections while Web browsing compared to users of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Opera, according to a recent independent study by NSS Labs.

• Adobe releases critical security updates for Reader, Flash Player, and ColdFusion
  

  Adobe has released scheduled security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player, and ColdFusion products on Tuesday in order to fix many critical vulnerabilities, including one that is already actively exploited by attackers.

• Android threats growing in number and complexity, report says
  

  The Android threat landscape is growing in both size and complexity with cyber criminals adopting new distribution methods and building Android-focused malware services, according to a report from Finnish security vendor F-Secure.

• It's better to call ahead before sending malware, Symantec finds
  

  Hackers are finding it pays to call ahead before sending malware-laden email.

  Symantec has seen what it describes as a sophisticated social engineering campaign aimed at French-speaking accounting and finance department employees. The victim is called and asked in French if they can process an invoice sent by email.

• Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage
  

  Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition.

  McAfee, a unit of Intel, is adding a product called LiveSafe that will offer 1GB of online storage that can be accessed through biometric authentication. LiveSafe has a Web-based management dashboard, and users can be authenticated through face recognition, voice or by punching in a PIN. LiveSafe also includes antivirus and other security features.

• $45 million in cash stolen? That's chump change
  
  

  The world was abuzz last week because midlevel hackers stole $45 million in 10 hours.

• How Google should fix Android's shortcomings
  
  

  Google opens its Google I/O conference tomorrow, promising to reveal details on upcoming versions of its Android mobile operating system, Chrome OS Web operating system, and

• Saudi-based Mobily seeks U.S. hacker's help to build a mobile spying system
  
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  • 11 Years of HIPAA and it’s still not easy for consumers
    NPR did a good audio story on Morning Edition about the current state of HIPAA that is worth a listen. Holding on to health insurance can be a big challenge if you have a chronic disease or history of illness. But it wasn’t supposed to be that way. Eleven years ago this month, Congress passed [...]
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    Get started with HIPAA compliance by checking out these free checklists. You may want to build your own customized checklist when developing your strategy for complying with HIPAA. Bookmark this page, since it will be updated when we find more useful free HIPAA checklists. Free HIPAA Compliance Checklists Official CMS Provider HIPAA Checklist [PDF] CAL [...]
  • Five Essential HIPAA Books for Beginners
    Here are five highly rated books (all available from Amazon.com) that are full of useful information for people who are new to the world of HIPAA compliance. If you are just learning the basics about HIPAA, these are a good place to start building your expertise. #1: Getting Started with HIPAA 608 pages – ISBN: [...]
  • Top 10 highest-rated HIPAA books for IT Managers
    These are the top 10 essential HIPAA books for IT managers to read. Each of these popular titles was rated most highly useful by the cutomers at Amazon. #1 Most Highly Rated HIPAA book for IT Managers: The Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage the Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities Amazon.com’s description of this book: [...]
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  • HIPAA rules, outdated tech cost U.S. hospitals $8.3B a year
    HIPAA, along with outmoded communications technology, reduces the time available for patient care, according to a new survey of healthcare professionals
  • HIPAA Support Widens In Cloud Vendor Community
    Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services issued their "Final Rule" to modify HIPAA - the 1996 legislation that's the beating heart of healthcare security, privacy and data portability. The lack of data portability continues to plague the industry - but the security and privacy are getting more serious with each iteration. The fun reading (courtesy of the Federal Register ...
  • 8×8 VoIP Service Adds HIPAA, HITECH Compliance
    May 8, 2013 -- Cloud computing provider 8x8 announced on Tuesday that its Virtual Office hosted PBX VoIP phone service now supports HIPAA and HITECH compliant solutions. Keep on reading: 8×8 VoIP Service Adds HIPAA, HITECH Compliance
  • WEDI Collaborates with OCR to Provide Omnibus HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule Summer Webinar Series
    Four webinars on various aspects of the Omnibus HIPAA Rulemaking to start in June (PRWeb May 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10732721.htm
  • Misreading HIPAA privacy law blocks mental health discussions
    A federal official at a congressional hearing says the statute provides opportunities for doctors to discuss mental health issues with a patient's family and friends.
  • Slain football coach's wife blasts HIPAA law
    The wife of a slain Iowa football coach criticized a much-misunderstood federal health care privacy law in congressional testimony this morning, and urged Congress to update the law to prevent further tragedies.
  • Box adds 10 healthcare app partners, becomes HIPAA and HITECH compliant
    Cloud storage service Box is diving deeper into the healthcare space. Today, the company shared that it has added 10 new healthcare application partners to its platform to help respond to industry-specific challenges. In addition, to further gain acceptance by companies in this space, Box is sharing that it is now both HIPAA and HITECH compliant and is signing Business Associate Agreements with ...
  • Healthcare HITECH Privacy and Security Summit Provides Critical Compliance Content
    Healthcare providers must comply with a new HIPAA/HITECH rule by September 23. This critical set of rules provides for additional safety and security for healthcare data, and experts will be on hand in Los Angeles on May 21 to provide important guidance. (PRWeb May 03, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/securitysummitla/hipaahitech/prweb10694168.htm
  • Box Takes Electronic Health Records to the Cloud
    Healthcare providers were among the first industries to use tablets and other mobile devices, but leveraging them fully has been difficult due to regulations that protect electronic health records and other personal health information. But enterprise content sharing specialist Box is making an aggressive play for the healthcare vertical with what it says is a HIPAA/HITECH compliant platform.
  • University Medical Center Chooses Onset Technology's OnPage Priority Messaging for Critical Communication Needs
    An Ivy League medical center can now communicate faster and more efficiently with secure, HIPAA-compliant priority messaging from Onset Technology. This University Medical Center will eliminate their costly and outdated pager devices with the OnPage Priority Messaging pager app.Waltham, MA (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 Onset Technology, leader in secure mobile priority messaging and creator of OnPage ...

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