How Secure is Your Web Application?
One of the best ways to check the security of your web-based applications is to check the Open Web Security Application Project (OWASP) Top 10 List. The OWASP has been…
Author: Maria Florio
How CIOs can overcome two common information security challenges
The CIO is in charge of various information security areas; this can make it challenging to ensure top security and compliance are met at all times. The challenge doesn’t arise…
How do cyber security threats affect healthcare facilities?
Due to medical devices being connected to a healthcare facility’s network, when they become vulnerable to cyber security threats and the possibility of infection this creates a risk to the…
3 Things That Keep the CIO Up At Night
The CIO has big responsibilities when it comes to managing a facility’s network security and IT team. Ensuring financial or data losses do not take place are constantly in the…
6 steps healthcare facilities take to prepare for OCR audits and meet HIPAA compliance
As most hospital executives and CIOs know, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is pushing compliance audits to heighten personal healthcare information (PHI) security measures and avoid data breaches. The…
Preventing data breach and reporting after Omnibus HIPAA
The Omnibus HIPAA breach definition makes it much easier for healthcare organizations’ personal health information (PHI) to become compromised. It also specifies that when data loss or breach happens, it…
The affects of Omnibus HIPAA on healthcare organizations and their information security
The Omnibus HIPAA affects healthcare organizations in three ways: privacy, security, and breach standard and notification; not to mention the HIPAA enforcement rule which applies the increased tiered civil monetary…
The Watch Dog Report – Business Continuity 101
Interview with NCX Group’s own and Business Continuity Institute Fellow Doug Weldon, is from the Best of The Watchdog Report. During the interview we discuss the importance of Business Continuity in…
Obama’s Executive Orders: What They Mean to Healthcare Information Security
Although President Obama’s executive orders address gun control, seven out of the twenty-three cover mental health reporting. Out of the seven orders, order number two has a direct impact on…
The WatchDog Report – InfoSec in 16 Minutes
In this episode we touch on many of the key points of information risk with Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack, Former ACE Hardware CIO, Paul Ingveldson, SR. VP. of InfoSec, Bill…