Secure the Silver

Healthcare organizations swing between embracing social media and imposing Orwellian policies with web filtering. The author argues neither works and advocates education and reasonable limits.

Mayo Clinic launched a Center for Social Media to train practitioners on responsible use, addressing PHI risks as EMR sharing expands. The author favors its guidance over blanket blocking.

I recently had the opportunity to review an article by Michael Koploy of Software Advice titled "HHS Data Tells the True Story of HIPAA Violations in the Cloud".

Many IT folks know that regardless of their respective fields the "unofficial" eighth and ninth layers of the OSI model are budget and politics.

At a recent networking event I heard a manager express frustration over managing an employee who got caught up in her own fairy tales that resulted in a very embarrassing termination.

One of the most promising technologies for automatically enforcing compliance with sensitive data handling practices is Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology and it is quickly gaining popularity and adoption across many industries.