Train and Explain: Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace
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Top 5 Common Activities that Break Company Security Policy
Many employees are not as well-versed in their company’s security policy as they should be. This may result in workers performing tasks that might seem innocent or benign on the surface, but which actually put the organization at risk of a security breach. Understanding what you are doing (as an employee) or what your users are doing (as a boss or manager), can help you work toward a viable resolution to these situations. In most cases, user behavior changes as well as implementation of new technological solutions can curb exposure to risk and increase security policy compliance.
Read moreThinking Inside The Box About System Boundaries and Compliance
About 100 years ago, a brain teaser known as the nine-dot puzzle appeared in the Cyclopedia of Puzzles. It is fairly simple in principle, but it can be quite challenging for many people when they see it for the first time. An array of nine dots, equally spaced in a square pattern are presented with the challenge to connect all the dots with four straight lines without lifting the pencil from the page. The solution to the puzzle requires that lines go beyond the boundaries of the imaginary box that is formed by the outer set of dots. Since most people will limit themselves to the invisible borders formed by the dots, the solution can be elusive.
Read moreThe New HIPAA/HITECH Rules: Compliance vs. Cybersecurity
Those in the healthcare industry should be very familiar with the new security and privacy rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), enacted to strengthen the health information privacy and security protections established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as the deadline for compliance was September 23, 2013. The big news though is that many vendors who provide services to “covered entities” may now fall under the definition of a “business associate” (BA) and be held liable if not in compliance. If you’re not sure, read the new rule and definition now or get some help to be sure you haven’t missed a deadline.
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