August 14, 2020

Blog

Security First IT attended an event at the World Trade Center in Boston, MA in September 2018. Barbara Corcoran, from the TV series Shark Tank, ...

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Barbara Corcoran Talks About Information Technology (IT) and Cybersecurity – Why Aren’t There More Women in IT? (P5)

August 14, 2020

Compliance

HIPAA Say What!?! This one comes from OCR themselves. Just released yesterday. It claims HIPAA has “mandatory” risk assessments must be done and the way ...

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Help Me With HIPAA: Enforcement and More News (Ep 266)

August 12, 2020

Blog

Do you watch the TV series, Shark Tank? Barbara Corcoran is one of the investment sharks. In September 2018, she spoke at an event, that ...

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Barbara Corcoran Talks About Information Technology (IT) and Cybersecurity – Getting Business Owners to Care About Security Without Using Fear Tactics (P4)

August 10, 2020

Cyber Security

Shadow Brokers sounds like the name of a heavy metal band or cyberpunk video game, however, it is the name of a group of cybercriminals ...

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EternalBlue – Not Just A Cool Name

August 7, 2020

Compliance

HIPAA Say What!?! Another don’t blame HIPAA story from Ken. American Airlines passenger claims ‘HIPAA rights’ over refusing to wear mask, divulge medical condition David ...

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No More Guessing What OCR Expects (Ep 266)

August 7, 2020

Cyber Security

APT hackers steal valuable information in industries such as: Energy Healthcare and Medical– HIPAA covered entity (CE) Financial Information Technology (IT) Communications Manufacturing Advanced Persistent ...

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Advanced Persistent Threats?

August 5, 2020

Cyber Security

Phishing attacks sound dubiously close to “fishing” for a reason – this scam method dangles a hook in the water (a spoofed login page, for ...

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Microsoft Sway Alerts? What Are Those?

August 3, 2020

Cyber Security

Suddenly, your company’s room full of networked computers come on all at once – then, like dominoes, begin displaying the same ransom message, one by ...

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RYUK

July 31, 2020

Compliance

Share Help Me With HIPAA with one person this week! Thanks to our donors.  We appreciate your support! If you would like to donate to ...

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Help Me With HIPAA: Enforcement and More News (Ep 265)

July 31, 2020

Uncategorized

If you’re on the job search, be careful: The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has raised an alert on fake job postings and hiring scams ...

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IC3 Warns of Fake Job Posting Scams

July 29, 2020

Blog

Barbara Corcoran is an investor from the Shark Tank TV series. She recently went to an event at the World Trade Center in Boston, MA. ...

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Barbara Corcoran Talks About Information Technology (IT) and Cybersecurity – How IT Service Providers Show ROI to Potential Clients (P3)

July 27, 2020

Cyber Security

Each year healthcare patients of all types have found their information posted publicly or sold online. Social security numbers, pre-surgery photographs, insurance information, scans of ...

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Ransomware Demanding Patients Pay Up!