Software

Keeping Your Software Up to Date Is a HIPAA Security Requirement One of the most overlooked aspects of HIPAA compliance is ensuring that the software and programs used throughout your practice are kept up to date. Cybercriminals are constantly searching for vulnerabilities in commonly used applications, and software vendors regularly release security patches to fix these weaknesses. Failing to install these updates can leave your practice exposed to cyberattacks, data breaches, and potential HIPAA violations.

Many cybersecurity events and breaches are the result of us failing to keep our computers and computer programs up to date. The process of keeping our systems up to date is known as PATCHING.

Microsoft has retired Internet Explorer.

With the increase of cloud-based software and work from home movement, it is time to start addressing cybersecurity threats we face outside the workplace. The first step is making sure that the hardware you are using to access the office network or cloud-based systems are secure.

New Haven, Connecticut failed to terminate an employee’s access to their Health Records System after the employee left. The former employee may have accessed a file containing the Protected Health Information of only 498 Patients.