There’s an inherent risk to doing business, particularly business that touches personal data. For years now, the business community – from healthcare...
Recent news that PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) has agreed to pay US$7.9 million in fines to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges...
A SOC 2 report has 5 Trust Services Criteria, which have previously been commonly called Trust Services Principles. These Trust Service Criteria are...
We hear about personal data breaches and cybersecurity attacks daily in the news. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is one state’s answer to...
Ransomware is growing in popularity because it works. A recently released study by Google estimates that ransomware victims have paid over $25million...
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...
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...
This week we saw yet another cybercrime attack on a large hospital system. This is the latest in a series of apparent ransomware attacks starting in...
Apple held their latest product unveil earlier this week and of course there was the obligatory newest iPhone announcement. What was more interesting...
Digital health companies are rapidly becoming the new frontline for data security in the healthcare industry. This year alone we have seen almost 100...
As a proponent of ISO 27000 series of standards I was delighted to see the International Organization for Standardization release ISO/IEC 27018:2014...