by wwarren | Jul 28, 2016 | Government Regulations, HIPAA, Security
MOST entities that are required to comply with HIPAA are not because of a ton of confusion. After much research I have found a nutshell article that explains HIPAA compliance for data security. It codifies in US Federal Law what best practices have been for a long...
by wwarren | Jul 17, 2016 | Government Regulations, Security
One line says volumes about what is being looked at, especially mobile devices: The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) launched a probe in April of 2014, after receiving a report that a CHCS-issued iPhone had been breached. Investigators determined that protected health...
by wwarren | Jun 20, 2016 | Internet, Ransomware, Security, Security Alerts
Windows has issues that make it easy for this type of infection to take hold: Javascript once it gets onto the system is run by the Windows Scripting Host which has a very high level of system access. Windows hides file extensions so the .js extension...
by wwarren | Jun 20, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
If you are using a windows based POS you are probably going to get hacked. If you have your vendors remote access tools installed(and many do) your chances of getting hacked are much much higher: Wendy’s statement that the attackers got access by stealing credentials...
by wwarren | Jun 19, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
As I have stated over and over the cloud is NOT secure. It never will be and never can be. the highly centralized nature of the various cloud services means you do NOT want to put anything critical on the cloud. You can go to my cloud section of my blog as I start...
by wwarren | Jun 11, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
It turns out the my experiences with poor security and poor customer service at whmcs are not the exception. It didn’t take long to find out that whmcs has a repeated pattern of poor security and poor customer service. They routinely deny security issues exist...