HIPAA Data Destruction – “Reasonable & Appropriate”

I’d like to add one more wake-up call to small and medium sized organizations; allowing computer  hard drives to leave your custody – usually during the decommissioning or recycling process – without physically destroying them first could be considered a data breach....

HIPAA Compliance – Breaches To Surge In 2014

Healthcare Data Breaches To Surge In 2014 (via InformationWeek) The healthcare industry will see even bigger breaches of data and patient privacy in 2014, an Experian report says. Healthcare will be a hotbed of consumer data breaches in 2014, according to an Experian...

Is My Data Safe?

There was an interesting article in CNN Money this month that asked the question – Is My Data Safe?  CNN Money interviewed Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer and computer security expert and fellow at Harvard Law’s Center for Internet and Society. In my opinion, the most...

Coca-Cola Stolen Laptops: Cybercrime or Negligence?

Coke recently announced that an unspecified number of stolen laptops have compromised 74,000 current and former employees.  Information residing on the laptops included social security numbers, driver’s licenses and other sensitive data.  Enough about the Coca-Cola...

HIPAA Breach Fines For EPHI Violations

If HIPAA breach fines have become more expensive for ePHI violations – a lost hard drive will be worse than a box of paper documents. Are HIPAA breach fines stiffer for ePHI violations? | EHRintelligence.com.