EMR Security in the Cloud

Because of increasing threats, high-profile data breaches, and increased awareness of the damage they cause, we anticipate a substantial tightening of regulations and contractual requirements that will significantly impact information security in healthcare.

As a company, we’ve tried to understand which organizations are most likely to mature their information security programs.

Reviews the Georgia Tech 2013 cyber threat forecast: cloud botnets, mobile browser and wallet flaws, malware obfuscation, counterfeit hardware in the supply chain, and healthcare data risks.

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.

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.