Is Yahoo Mail HIPAA-Compliant?
You’re starting the process of meeting HIPAA Compliance for your busy practice. The biggest pieces are in place. Now it is time to consider the substantial question of email. No one is looking for HIPAA violations. Is Your Yahoo Mail HIPAA Compliant and Secure? Don’t Wait for a Breach, Start your cloud security journey with […]
Is Zoho Email HIPAA Compliant?
Zoho Mail is a popular email platform that’s geared towards businesses. It offers a user-friendly minimalist interface that’s supported by some powerful features. So you can create, communicate, and collaborate in an ad-free environment. However, medical practices will also need an email platform that satisfies regulatory compliance. If you’re using this platform, being able to […]
HIPAA Data Security – Find PHI
The first step in performing a HIPAA security risk assessment is to be sure you understand what Protected Health Information (PHI) your practice has. Here’s how Wikipedia defines PHI: “Under the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), PHI that is linked based on the following list of 18 identifiers must be treated with special care: […]
Five Cheap Data Loss Prevention Tools
Companies that need to comply with privacy laws like HIPAA, PCI, GLBA, etc. need to worry about data loss prevention tools. “Data loss prevention” typically refers to preventing employees from deliberately stealing or accidentally leaking sensitive data. The typical stack to data loss prevention tools include: Blocking or monitoring USB drives Blocking or monitoring CD/DVD burners […]
Top 11 Mobile Security Tips for CEOs, Doctors, And Everyone Else
The continuous development and integration of mobile devices brings simplicity and efficiency to many companies’ workplaces. However, these devices also carry numerous serious security risks, especially when used by medical institutions and their employees, in which case PHI exposure is possible. Mobile security is an extremely important topic that everyone needs to be familiar with […]
Azure HIPAA Compliant – 3 things you should know about the compliance
Is Azure HIPAA Compliant? How can we use Microsoft’s cloud services without violating the HIPPA norms? We often get clients who want to use Microsoft Azure as a HIPAA-compliant disaster recovery site, so we took a look. Here’s what we found about Microsoft Azure and HIPAA compliance. Is Azure HIPAA Compliant and Secure? Don’t Wait for […]
Firing an Employee? 28 Ways to Protect Your Business
Firing an employee, or having an employee leave voluntarily? Use this list of 28 measures to keep your business safe.
HIPAA Paper Shredding Companies
As a HIPAA Business Associate or Covered Entity, you may rely on shredding services to make it easy to safely destroy papers and electronic media. But how do you really know what they’re doing with your paper? How can you be sure that you’re not exposed to bigger risks by giving them your sensitive papers? […]
Outlook HIPAA Compliant – 3 things you should know about the compliance.
One of the most common questions we get from people in the medical industry is “Is Outlook HIPAA compliant?” The answer is Yes — Outlook is HIPAA compliant when set up correctly. In this article, we’ll tell you how to make Outlook HIPAA-compliant. We recently took an in-depth look at Microsoft365 to answer the question […]