There’s an inherent risk to doing business, particularly business that touches personal data. For years now, the business community – from healthcare...
Cyber experts like former Federal CISO Gregory Touhill feel that managing risk is paramount to, and more effective than, trying to defend everything,...
No matter the criticism of the “rush job” regarding the newly passed AB375, the California Consumer Privacy Act, its underlying purpose makes it the...
HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) recently announced that they have teamed up and...
When it comes to HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity, the danger comes with thinking one assures the other. It doesn’t. Just skim the daily headlines...
Study Shows that Healthcare's Internal Security Breaches Exceed External Ones Was that Lady Gaga in the emergency room? What kind of procedure is my...
Phishing is quickly evolving to take advantage of that most difficult-to-prevent vulnerability: human error. A lack of security awareness can lead to...
One of the key objectives when developing an effective security and compliance management program is to remain interdependent of core systems. While...
According to Kaspersky, a company is hit by ransomware every 40 second. There’s a lot that goes into handling a ransomware cyberattack, not the least...
When you’re a medical device manufacturer, your primary goal is to get your product into hospitals and care provider networks. The internet of things...
As we wrap up 2017, the number of healthcare data breaches are up over 2016, with 41% caused by “insiders” per the Protenus Breach Barometer mid-year...
As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month, keep in mind that cybercriminals are indiscriminate in who they attack. Large business, small business,...
For the last eighteen months or so, media coverage of healthcare hasn’t been focused so much on HIPAA regulations, but on the cybersecurity strength...
We’re proud to announce that Ostendio has been shortlisted as a finalist in the “Best Technology Startup” category for the Third Annual Timmy Awards....
Are you always on the look out for the best InfoSec conferences to attend? We've found several helpful resources to point you in the right direction,...
You’ve likely heard about organizations having a culture of compliance but not as much about having a culture of cybersecurity. Yet as threats to our...
Ransomware is growing in popularity because it works. A recently released study by Google estimates that ransomware victims have paid over $25million...
It’s reported to have been one of the largest cyber extortion attacks to-date. The WannaCry (aka WanaCryptor 2.0) ransomware attack hit globally and...
Why is healthcare so heavily and successfully targeted by cybercrime? It’s a tough question, but after a record number of breaches last year – nearly...
The Ostendio blog covered a lot of ground this year – from a 3-part series about Cybercrime in Healthcare – to the worst passwords your organization...
After a lengthy process of “putting things to rights” in 17 states, Zenefits is paying up to US$7 million in penalties. As with other digital health...
Demonstrating HIPAA compliance is a challenge for many digital heath companies. In fact, smaller digital health companies often struggle to meet even...
There’s a streamlined way to get there. A growing number of digital health companies are being asked to adopt the HITRUST standard. You too may soon...
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