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Dear Hacker
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, Resources, Security

Dear Hacker

On the off-chance that you might pause from your dark and painful activities to read this, I’d like to offer you some hope. First, I imagine what you do must be exhausting. It’s a familiar adage, oft-repeated: “Spend your life looking over your shoulder, and you’ll miss what’s right in front of you.”  On the... Continue reading
Can HIPAA Compliant Cloud Increase Healthcare Trust in the New Year? Yes!
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, HIPAA WordPress, Resources, Security

Can HIPAA Compliant Cloud Increase Healthcare Trust in the New Year? Yes!

If “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” applies to 2021, Healthcare as an industry should certainly emerge more robust. The industry faced employee shortages, reputational attacks, and the formidable challenges of administering care in new and agile ways during a pandemic. And if that wasn’t enough, it was pummeled by a flurry of devastating... Continue reading
Shadow IT & The Shadows that May Be Only
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, Resources, Security

Shadow IT & The Shadows that May Be Only

“Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,” said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” – A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens Christmas hope is always rimmed with shadows. Scrooge knew it; an... Continue reading
Malware, Killware, and the Heart of HIPAA Compliant Hosting
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, HIPAA Hosting, Resources, Security, Uncategorized

Malware, Killware, and the Heart of HIPAA Compliant Hosting

The tests came back, and the news is serious.   It’s true, what they say: you don’t think about your heart too much – humming away inside your chest, nearly 100, 000 beats per day – until there’s a problem.  Lately, though, you’ve felt like you’re not running on all cylinders; tired all the time, shortness... Continue reading
Business Continuity & Incident Response… or an Unintended Holiday?
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, Security, Uncategorized

Business Continuity & Incident Response… or an Unintended Holiday?

One of the things you notice about “Old Scrooge” (as opposed to the changed one, post-hauntings) is that he just can’t take a holiday: “But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck... Continue reading
How Unsecured WordPress Infected a Clinic with Ransomware
By Gil Vidals, , HIPAA Blog, HIPAA WordPress, Security, Uncategorized

How Unsecured WordPress Infected a Clinic with Ransomware

Just as the world has witnessed novel variants of the COVID-19 virus (and may continue), new variants of ransomware continue to appear since the first documented case in 1989.  And while loss of life, thankfully, is not yet rivaling the pandemic, poorer health outcomes for scores of patients impacted by ransomware have resulted. For example,... Continue reading
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