Posts Tagged ‘security risk’
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
As a continuation of my blog posting from Monday, here are 7 additional reasons to add to the previous 4 for why sending cleartext instant messages (IMs) and email is not secure:
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Tags:awareness and training, e-discovery, email security, encryption, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, IM security, Information Security, instant messaging, IT compliance, patient privacy, phishing, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training, spoofing
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
I got some interesting comments and questions, and lots of good direct feedback, about my blog post on sending cleartext patient information last week, “HIPAA: Beware Doctors Who Claim They Don’t Have To Follow Safeguard and Privacy Requirements” so I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss the topic a little more.
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Tags:awareness and training, email security, encryption, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, IM security, Information Security, instant messaging, IT compliance, patient privacy, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
I got some interesting comments and questions, and lots of good direct feedback, about my blog post on sending cleartext patient information last week, “HIPAA: Beware Doctors Who Claim They Don’t Have To Follow Safeguard and Privacy Requirements” so I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss the topic a little more.
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Tags:awareness and training, email security, encryption, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, IM security, Information Security, instant messaging, IT compliance, patient privacy, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Early this year I did a data flow analysis for I-9 compliance, and I blogged a few months ago about I-9 related issues in “New Tennessee Law Prohibits Using Federal Individual Taxpayer ID as Proof of Immigration Status.”
I-9 compliance issues impact many areas of an organization. However, within most organizations many areas, such as IT and information security, are not aware of the I-9 compliance issues and unknowingly put the company at noncompliance jeopardy. Compliance with any law or regulation that involves personally identifiable information (PII) usually require the involvement of legal, IT and information security areas.
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Tags:awareness and training, DHS, employment issues, I-9 forms, Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Information Security, IT compliance, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training, social security numbers, SSN, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Early this year I did a data flow analysis for I-9 compliance, and I blogged a few months ago about I-9 related issues in “New Tennessee Law Prohibits Using Federal Individual Taxpayer ID as Proof of Immigration Status.”
I-9 compliance issues impact many areas of an organization. However, within most organizations many areas, such as IT and information security, are not aware of the I-9 compliance issues and unknowingly put the company at noncompliance jeopardy. Compliance with any law or regulation that involves personally identifiable information (PII) usually require the involvement of legal, IT and information security areas.
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Tags:awareness and training, DHS, employment issues, I-9 forms, Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Information Security, IT compliance, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training, social security numbers, SSN, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
As I was reading this week’s issue of Time magazine I found a backup lesson given by Francis Ford Coppola!
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Tags:awareness and training, backup, disaster recovery, Francis Ford Coppola, Information Security, IT compliance, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Tags:awareness and training, encryption, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, Information Security, IT compliance, patient privacy, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training
Posted in Information Security, Privacy and Compliance | 6 Comments »
