HIPAA and Social Media – The Need for Policies and Training
Healthcare organizations and their third party vendors have an obligation to the federal government and their patients to abide by the HIPAA regulations. Unfortunately the very foundation of social media opposes everything in relation to the privacy, security, and confidentiality of information. Social media allows for anyone to see your organizations information, at any time, in any part of the world.
ComplyAssistant and Sensato Executives Speak at Two NJ Universities about Healthcare Information Security
Gerry Blass, President & CEO of ComplyAssistant, and Mike Chirico, Vice President for Business Development at Sensato, recently spoke at the Rutgers School of Business in Newark NJ and Seton Hall University in South Orange NJ. The subject matter included Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances and Health Information Technology, specifically in relation to Healthcare Information Security Risk Management.
ComplyAssistant to Speak On Information Security Risk Management
ComplyAssistant’s Gerry Blass and Sensato’s Mike Chirico to speak during the 10th annual NJ DV HIMSS Regional Conference.
NJ HIMSS Free Webinar on Information Security Considerations in Regards to Population Health
Sept 21 2017 The webinar will focus on the evolution of Population Health, new technologies, and solutions that could impact information security, from IOT (internet of things) to the cloud, mobile devices to medical devices, personal apps and telemedicine, and more. It is a numbers game when considering increased risk from both internal threats and external attacks. Healthcare organizations must therefore conduct ongoing risk assessments to identify gaps and vulnerabilities that make identifiable health information prone to unauthorized access, both in transit and at rest.
Hacking Healthcare Event – Long Branch, NJ
Sept 13 – 14 2017 ComplyAssistant and Sensato Team Up To Host Hacking Healthcare Event on September 13th and 14th in Long Branch, NJ.
The theme of the event this year is “the attacker’s perspective.” Over two days you will dive deep into the psychology of the attack, become intimate with emerging attack technologies and approaches, and dissect attack methodologies and the latest threat intelligence.
ComplyAssistant and Sensato Form Strategic Alliance
Colts Neck, NJ – July 24, 2017 – For Immediate Release – ComplyAssistant and Sensato, both located in New Jersey,
Why Empowering the CISO is Important for Healthcare Information Security Risk Management
We are starting to see Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) reporting outside of Information Technology (IT). This makes sense because the CISO needs to be able to audit the IT controls and give an unbiased report to senior management.
ComplyAssistant’s Solution for Third Party Vendor (BA) Security Risk Management Gains Traction!
“CEs are struggling to support their own internal security program and are not able to assess their third party BAs. We get it done for them”, says Gerry Blass, President & CEO of ComplyAssistant.
Visit ComplyAssistant in National Harbor, MD from March 26 – 29
ComplyAssistant executives Gerry Blass (President and CEO) and Ken J. Reiher (VP Operations) will be stationed at booth number 111
HIPAA-HITECH Security – Why Pay for “Nothing”?
We read about healthcare organizations that get fined by the OCR for basically doing nothing, meaning that they have a general lack of evidence of due diligence for HIPAA.
How to avoid HIPAA penalties based on some of the largest!
Reviewing some of the largest fines can help healthcare organizations learn how to avoid them should an incident occur. Many experts say that it isn’t IF an incident will occur, it’s WHEN.
Have you tested your breach response process?
Adding a cybersecurity tactical simulation test to an overall information security risk assessment is a must in today’s world. It is a sure bet that attacks and breaches will continue to occur and so the need for functional assessments, mitigation, awareness and response are key to protecting your organizations confidential information.
