This document provides an overview of IT and internet security for small and mid-sized businesses. It discusses why information security is important, common cyber threats businesses face like data theft and denial of service attacks. It recommends defining security strategies through risk assessment and implementing best practices like securing networks and endpoints, mitigating threats through controls, and following the top 10 security steps for SMBs. Resources for additional guidance are also provided.
GuardEra helps businesses gain a competitive advantage through effective IT risk management. It focuses on innovative security and compliance solutions while delivering high-performance infrastructure. GuardEra can assess organizations' IT needs, design secure networks, ensure compliance, and provide ongoing managed services and support. This comprehensive approach helps businesses reduce risks and costs while improving operations.
This document provides an overview of a service-oriented architecture and infrastructure. It includes key concepts such as mobility, outsourcing, eCommerce, consolidation, regulation, security, and business continuity. The architecture diagram shows how various applications and services are delivered through virtual infrastructure to different end user devices in a secure manner.
This document provides guidance for a pediatrician seeking to select and implement an electronic medical records (EMR) system. It outlines key considerations including assessing practice needs, exploring specialty-specific EMR options, evaluating demos from multiple vendors, checking references with colleagues, planning network infrastructure and security, and getting help negotiating contracts. The overall message is that selecting an EMR requires thorough research and planning to ensure a good fit for the practice's requirements and a smooth implementation process.
This document contains the regulation text for the HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It includes definitions for over 50 key terms related to HIPAA, outlines the general administrative requirements for covered entities, and addresses preemption of state law and compliance/enforcement procedures.
This document proposes modifications to regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to implement recent amendments made by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). Key proposals include extending certain privacy and security protections of protected health information to business associates of covered entities, requiring notification of breaches of unsecured protected health information, and strengthening individual rights to access and restrict use of their health information. Public comments are solicited on the proposed changes.
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The document is a slide show produced by Patrick Notley, a German photographer who is autistic, to share beauty with the world and help overcome stigma by sending the slide show around the globe.
The document discusses the evolution of information security solutions from individual point solutions addressing single external threats to unified solutions. It argues that future solutions need to address growing internal threats through an all-in-one insider threat prevention platform. The solution proposed is Awareness Technologies' Interguard product, which provides a complete, unified internal threat solution delivered as a software-as-a-service to effectively address data loss, laptop theft, and employee productivity issues through endpoint monitoring and controls.
This document provides an overview of IT and internet security for small and mid-sized businesses. It discusses why information security is important, common cyber threats businesses face like data theft and denial of service attacks. It recommends defining security strategies through risk assessment and implementing best practices like securing networks and endpoints, mitigating threats through controls, and following the top 10 security steps for SMBs. Resources for additional guidance are also provided.
GuardEra helps businesses gain a competitive advantage through effective IT risk management. It focuses on innovative security and compliance solutions while delivering high-performance infrastructure. GuardEra can assess organizations' IT needs, design secure networks, ensure compliance, and provide ongoing managed services and support. This comprehensive approach helps businesses reduce risks and costs while improving operations.
This document provides an overview of a service-oriented architecture and infrastructure. It includes key concepts such as mobility, outsourcing, eCommerce, consolidation, regulation, security, and business continuity. The architecture diagram shows how various applications and services are delivered through virtual infrastructure to different end user devices in a secure manner.
This document provides guidance for a pediatrician seeking to select and implement an electronic medical records (EMR) system. It outlines key considerations including assessing practice needs, exploring specialty-specific EMR options, evaluating demos from multiple vendors, checking references with colleagues, planning network infrastructure and security, and getting help negotiating contracts. The overall message is that selecting an EMR requires thorough research and planning to ensure a good fit for the practice's requirements and a smooth implementation process.
This document contains the regulation text for the HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It includes definitions for over 50 key terms related to HIPAA, outlines the general administrative requirements for covered entities, and addresses preemption of state law and compliance/enforcement procedures.
This document proposes modifications to regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to implement recent amendments made by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). Key proposals include extending certain privacy and security protections of protected health information to business associates of covered entities, requiring notification of breaches of unsecured protected health information, and strengthening individual rights to access and restrict use of their health information. Public comments are solicited on the proposed changes.
This 3 sentence summary provides the high-level information from the document:
The document is a slide show produced by Patrick Notley, a German photographer who is autistic, to share beauty with the world and help overcome stigma by sending the slide show around the globe.
The document discusses the evolution of information security solutions from individual point solutions addressing single external threats to unified solutions. It argues that future solutions need to address growing internal threats through an all-in-one insider threat prevention platform. The solution proposed is Awareness Technologies' Interguard product, which provides a complete, unified internal threat solution delivered as a software-as-a-service to effectively address data loss, laptop theft, and employee productivity issues through endpoint monitoring and controls.
1) MOBOTIX AG is a leading pioneer in network camera technology known for its decentralized concept that has made high-resolution video systems more cost efficient.
2) The MOBOTIX concept involves building a high-speed computer and digital memory into each camera for long-term recording without needing a central PC.
3) This decentralized approach requires significantly fewer cameras, PCs, and network bandwidth than traditional centralized systems.
Eastern European organized criminal group hacked a database server to steal payment card data and intellectual property using SQL injection and stolen credentials. They installed malware like packet sniffers and backdoors on the server to extract the data over time. The 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon and the United States Secret Service analyzed hundreds of data breaches from the previous year and found hacking by external actors to be the most common cause, with malware and stolen credentials frequently used to compromise servers and steal confidential information.
The document describes the transport of a sister rig called the Nautilus on a Heavy-Lift vessel. It also includes several photos documenting the deterioration of the Deepwater Horizon rig over the first two days after it caught fire, including the drilling mast toppling over, the rig developing a list, a hole burning through the helideck, and the rig settling low in the water.
This document discusses where returns on investment from cloud computing come from. It identifies the five key areas of cloud computing cost savings as: hardware, software, automated provisioning, productivity improvements, and system administration. For each area, it explains how cost savings are achieved and provides metrics to measure savings. The document is intended to help organizations understand how cloud computing can lower IT expenses and calculate the payback period of a cloud investment. Sample ROI projections from an IBM study show payback periods ranging from 4 to 18 months depending on the size of the environment and savings achieved across the five cost areas.
This document summarizes the key findings of a study on data security practices commissioned by Microsoft and RSA. The study found that while compliance-related data like customer information is important for companies to protect, proprietary company secrets and intellectual property are actually twice as valuable on average. However, companies devote equal portions of their security budgets to compliance as they do to protecting sensitive corporate information. Additionally, while accidental data leaks caused by employees are more common, intentional theft of secrets by employees or other parties can cost companies much more financially. The report recommends companies focus more on protecting their most valuable proprietary information rather than just compliance-related data.
This document summarizes data breach notification laws in the United States, focusing on requirements in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, and California. Key elements discussed include: timing of notification (e.g. without unreasonable delay); form of disclosure (e.g. written, electronic); entities required to notify (e.g. those that own personal data); and exemptions (e.g. no likelihood of harm). Health-related requirements are also covered, such as notifying the state department of public health about breaches of medical information.
This document outlines a 7 step checklist for covered entities to update their policies and procedures to comply with new HIPAA guidelines established by the HITECH Act. The steps include: 1) reviewing business associate agreements, 2) preparing breach notification plans, 3) revising policies for PHI restrictions, 4) handling requests for EHR records, 5) updating marketing guidelines, 6) accounting for disclosures of PHI, and 7) revising privacy notices to address the new requirements. Completing this checklist will help covered entities meet their obligations under the expanded HIPAA rules.
This document summarizes a presentation about new HIPAA privacy and security requirements under the HITECH Act. It includes:
1) An agenda that covers HITECH Act requirements, new privacy and security provisions, breach notification rules, and resources.
2) An overview of key sections of the HITECH Act that apply security rules and penalties to business associates, require breach notification, improve privacy enforcement, and restrict certain disclosures of protected health information.
3) Details on new breach notification rules under the HITECH Act that require notification of breaches of unsecured health information within 60 days.
The document discusses the challenges mid-tier organizations face in achieving effective IT service management due to a lack of integrated tools. It finds that over 80% of surveyed IT professionals are not confident in their tools' ability to monitor networks and applications. Current tools focus more on individual components rather than overall services. The document argues this inhibits visibility, control, and optimization needed to improve service delivery and reduce costs. It concludes mid-tier companies require more holistic solutions to better manage infrastructure changes, ensure compliance, and monitor service levels across physical and virtual environments.
Given infrastructure changes and complexities, managing IT as a service seems a daunting task. By breaking down management silos and automating the discovery, mapping, analytics, monitoring and reporting functions, AccelOps has made datacenter and IT service management tangible, effective and maintainable. Our service-oriented approach links the infrastructure directly to business and business services. AccelOps empowers organizations to readily monitor, achieve and continuously improve service availability, performance and security objectives.
This webinar provided an overview of the latest changes to healthcare data security and what technologies are needed to comply. Major changes discussed included expanded obligations for business associates under HIPAA, new requirements for breach notification, and increased enforcement and penalties. The webinar emphasized the importance of a defense-in-depth security approach using integrated technologies like encryption, access controls, and intrusion prevention to deliver a secure and compliant healthcare environment.
Title XIII of ARRA, also known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), reserves $22 billion to "advance the use of health information technology" -- in large part so the U.S. will be able to move to e-health records by President Obama\'s 2014 deadline.
This document presents opposing viewpoints on whether doctors should purchase an electronic medical record (EMR) system now. On the "point" side, Dr. Gregory Hood argues that now is not the time for an EMR purchase, as it requires significant time and resources to implement properly. Adopting an EMR solely for financial incentives may not be worthwhile. On the "counterpoint" side, Dr. Joseph Scherger argues that now is the time for doctors to purchase an EMR to take advantage of government stimulus funds, improved affordability, and the need to adopt EMRs as the new standard of care.
Sourcefire provides intrusion prevention systems (IPS) that use the Snort detection engine to analyze network traffic and prevent threats. Their IPS offerings include appliances of varying throughput levels, from 5Mbps up to 10Gbps. The IPS provides out-of-the-box protection policies and the ability to customize rules. Sourcefire's Adaptive IPS uses passive network monitoring to provide real-time network awareness and automatically tune the IPS based on the monitored network environment. This helps optimize IPS protection and reduce manual analysis of security events. The Defense Center provides centralized management of sensors and event analysis across the Sourcefire 3D system.
The document summarizes key points from a webinar on improving communication between clinical and IT staff. The presenter, an emergency physician and IT consultant, discusses how clinicians and IT professionals have different cultures and languages. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the clinical perspective and priorities, such as saving time, making work easier, and helping patients. The presenter also provides tips for IT staff to effectively engage with clinicians, such as using respected doctors to advocate, providing food at meetings, and communicating messages simply and concisely. He warns that failing to properly communicate and align goals can undermine projects and damage credibility.
The document discusses implementing the ISO 27001 standard for information security management. It notes that many organizations take a siloed approach to complying with various regulations, which increases costs and complexity. ISO 27001 provides a single, comprehensive framework that can help organizations reduce redundant efforts by covering controls required by multiple regulations. Implementing ISO 27001 can help balance security, compliance, and cost by establishing a strategic, holistic approach rather than addressing each compliance individually.
285 MILLION RECORDS WERE COMPROMISED IN 2008. The 2009 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) covers this chaotic period in history from the viewpoint of our forensic investigators. The 90 confirmed breaches within our 2008 caseload encompass an astounding 285 million compromised records. These records have a compelling story to tell, and the pages of this report are dedicated to relaying it. As with last year, our goal is that the data and analysis presented in this report prove helpful to the planning and security efforts of our
readers
This document analyzes the total economic impact of deploying VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for a healthcare customer. Key findings include:
- The customer achieved a 122% ROI over 4 years, with an 8 month payback period, through savings from reduced PC and support costs, increased productivity, and electricity savings.
- Benefits were quantified for PC replacement savings, reduced IT support staff needs, improved worker productivity, and electricity savings from thin clients. Additional qualitative benefits included improved security, user experience, and business continuity.
- Over 4 years, the total benefits were $3.8 million compared to total costs of $1.7 million, for a net savings of over $2 million
The document describes a mini security assessment service that evaluates the security of a single system. The assessment tests network, system, and application vulnerabilities using the same tools as enterprise assessments. It documents any vulnerabilities found and how they could be exploited, and provides recommendations to remediate issues on the target system. The company also offers a full suite of other security services.
This document provides recommendations from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for the Obama Administration and 111th Congress on enabling healthcare reform through the use of information technology. It calls for a minimum $25 billion investment in health IT to help providers adopt electronic medical records with standards and certification. It also recommends expanding exceptions and safe harbors for EMRs, codifying national health IT leadership and standards bodies, and holding a White House summit on healthcare reform through health IT. The recommendations aim to develop the necessary infrastructure for health IT to transform healthcare.
"IOS 18 CONTROL CENTRE REVAMP STREAMLINED IPHONE SHUTDOWN MADE EASIER"Emmanuel Onwumere
In iOS 18, Apple has introduced a significant revamp to the Control Centre, making it more intuitive and user-friendly. One of the standout features is a quicker and more accessible way to shut down your iPhone. This enhancement aims to streamline the user experience, allowing for faster access to essential functions. Discover how iOS 18's redesigned Control Centre can simplify your daily interactions with your iPhone, bringing convenience right at your fingertips.
1) MOBOTIX AG is a leading pioneer in network camera technology known for its decentralized concept that has made high-resolution video systems more cost efficient.
2) The MOBOTIX concept involves building a high-speed computer and digital memory into each camera for long-term recording without needing a central PC.
3) This decentralized approach requires significantly fewer cameras, PCs, and network bandwidth than traditional centralized systems.
Eastern European organized criminal group hacked a database server to steal payment card data and intellectual property using SQL injection and stolen credentials. They installed malware like packet sniffers and backdoors on the server to extract the data over time. The 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon and the United States Secret Service analyzed hundreds of data breaches from the previous year and found hacking by external actors to be the most common cause, with malware and stolen credentials frequently used to compromise servers and steal confidential information.
The document describes the transport of a sister rig called the Nautilus on a Heavy-Lift vessel. It also includes several photos documenting the deterioration of the Deepwater Horizon rig over the first two days after it caught fire, including the drilling mast toppling over, the rig developing a list, a hole burning through the helideck, and the rig settling low in the water.
This document discusses where returns on investment from cloud computing come from. It identifies the five key areas of cloud computing cost savings as: hardware, software, automated provisioning, productivity improvements, and system administration. For each area, it explains how cost savings are achieved and provides metrics to measure savings. The document is intended to help organizations understand how cloud computing can lower IT expenses and calculate the payback period of a cloud investment. Sample ROI projections from an IBM study show payback periods ranging from 4 to 18 months depending on the size of the environment and savings achieved across the five cost areas.
This document summarizes the key findings of a study on data security practices commissioned by Microsoft and RSA. The study found that while compliance-related data like customer information is important for companies to protect, proprietary company secrets and intellectual property are actually twice as valuable on average. However, companies devote equal portions of their security budgets to compliance as they do to protecting sensitive corporate information. Additionally, while accidental data leaks caused by employees are more common, intentional theft of secrets by employees or other parties can cost companies much more financially. The report recommends companies focus more on protecting their most valuable proprietary information rather than just compliance-related data.
This document summarizes data breach notification laws in the United States, focusing on requirements in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, and California. Key elements discussed include: timing of notification (e.g. without unreasonable delay); form of disclosure (e.g. written, electronic); entities required to notify (e.g. those that own personal data); and exemptions (e.g. no likelihood of harm). Health-related requirements are also covered, such as notifying the state department of public health about breaches of medical information.
This document outlines a 7 step checklist for covered entities to update their policies and procedures to comply with new HIPAA guidelines established by the HITECH Act. The steps include: 1) reviewing business associate agreements, 2) preparing breach notification plans, 3) revising policies for PHI restrictions, 4) handling requests for EHR records, 5) updating marketing guidelines, 6) accounting for disclosures of PHI, and 7) revising privacy notices to address the new requirements. Completing this checklist will help covered entities meet their obligations under the expanded HIPAA rules.
This document summarizes a presentation about new HIPAA privacy and security requirements under the HITECH Act. It includes:
1) An agenda that covers HITECH Act requirements, new privacy and security provisions, breach notification rules, and resources.
2) An overview of key sections of the HITECH Act that apply security rules and penalties to business associates, require breach notification, improve privacy enforcement, and restrict certain disclosures of protected health information.
3) Details on new breach notification rules under the HITECH Act that require notification of breaches of unsecured health information within 60 days.
The document discusses the challenges mid-tier organizations face in achieving effective IT service management due to a lack of integrated tools. It finds that over 80% of surveyed IT professionals are not confident in their tools' ability to monitor networks and applications. Current tools focus more on individual components rather than overall services. The document argues this inhibits visibility, control, and optimization needed to improve service delivery and reduce costs. It concludes mid-tier companies require more holistic solutions to better manage infrastructure changes, ensure compliance, and monitor service levels across physical and virtual environments.
Given infrastructure changes and complexities, managing IT as a service seems a daunting task. By breaking down management silos and automating the discovery, mapping, analytics, monitoring and reporting functions, AccelOps has made datacenter and IT service management tangible, effective and maintainable. Our service-oriented approach links the infrastructure directly to business and business services. AccelOps empowers organizations to readily monitor, achieve and continuously improve service availability, performance and security objectives.
This webinar provided an overview of the latest changes to healthcare data security and what technologies are needed to comply. Major changes discussed included expanded obligations for business associates under HIPAA, new requirements for breach notification, and increased enforcement and penalties. The webinar emphasized the importance of a defense-in-depth security approach using integrated technologies like encryption, access controls, and intrusion prevention to deliver a secure and compliant healthcare environment.
Title XIII of ARRA, also known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), reserves $22 billion to "advance the use of health information technology" -- in large part so the U.S. will be able to move to e-health records by President Obama\'s 2014 deadline.
This document presents opposing viewpoints on whether doctors should purchase an electronic medical record (EMR) system now. On the "point" side, Dr. Gregory Hood argues that now is not the time for an EMR purchase, as it requires significant time and resources to implement properly. Adopting an EMR solely for financial incentives may not be worthwhile. On the "counterpoint" side, Dr. Joseph Scherger argues that now is the time for doctors to purchase an EMR to take advantage of government stimulus funds, improved affordability, and the need to adopt EMRs as the new standard of care.
Sourcefire provides intrusion prevention systems (IPS) that use the Snort detection engine to analyze network traffic and prevent threats. Their IPS offerings include appliances of varying throughput levels, from 5Mbps up to 10Gbps. The IPS provides out-of-the-box protection policies and the ability to customize rules. Sourcefire's Adaptive IPS uses passive network monitoring to provide real-time network awareness and automatically tune the IPS based on the monitored network environment. This helps optimize IPS protection and reduce manual analysis of security events. The Defense Center provides centralized management of sensors and event analysis across the Sourcefire 3D system.
The document summarizes key points from a webinar on improving communication between clinical and IT staff. The presenter, an emergency physician and IT consultant, discusses how clinicians and IT professionals have different cultures and languages. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the clinical perspective and priorities, such as saving time, making work easier, and helping patients. The presenter also provides tips for IT staff to effectively engage with clinicians, such as using respected doctors to advocate, providing food at meetings, and communicating messages simply and concisely. He warns that failing to properly communicate and align goals can undermine projects and damage credibility.
The document discusses implementing the ISO 27001 standard for information security management. It notes that many organizations take a siloed approach to complying with various regulations, which increases costs and complexity. ISO 27001 provides a single, comprehensive framework that can help organizations reduce redundant efforts by covering controls required by multiple regulations. Implementing ISO 27001 can help balance security, compliance, and cost by establishing a strategic, holistic approach rather than addressing each compliance individually.
285 MILLION RECORDS WERE COMPROMISED IN 2008. The 2009 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) covers this chaotic period in history from the viewpoint of our forensic investigators. The 90 confirmed breaches within our 2008 caseload encompass an astounding 285 million compromised records. These records have a compelling story to tell, and the pages of this report are dedicated to relaying it. As with last year, our goal is that the data and analysis presented in this report prove helpful to the planning and security efforts of our
readers
This document analyzes the total economic impact of deploying VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for a healthcare customer. Key findings include:
- The customer achieved a 122% ROI over 4 years, with an 8 month payback period, through savings from reduced PC and support costs, increased productivity, and electricity savings.
- Benefits were quantified for PC replacement savings, reduced IT support staff needs, improved worker productivity, and electricity savings from thin clients. Additional qualitative benefits included improved security, user experience, and business continuity.
- Over 4 years, the total benefits were $3.8 million compared to total costs of $1.7 million, for a net savings of over $2 million
The document describes a mini security assessment service that evaluates the security of a single system. The assessment tests network, system, and application vulnerabilities using the same tools as enterprise assessments. It documents any vulnerabilities found and how they could be exploited, and provides recommendations to remediate issues on the target system. The company also offers a full suite of other security services.
This document provides recommendations from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for the Obama Administration and 111th Congress on enabling healthcare reform through the use of information technology. It calls for a minimum $25 billion investment in health IT to help providers adopt electronic medical records with standards and certification. It also recommends expanding exceptions and safe harbors for EMRs, codifying national health IT leadership and standards bodies, and holding a White House summit on healthcare reform through health IT. The recommendations aim to develop the necessary infrastructure for health IT to transform healthcare.
"IOS 18 CONTROL CENTRE REVAMP STREAMLINED IPHONE SHUTDOWN MADE EASIER"Emmanuel Onwumere
In iOS 18, Apple has introduced a significant revamp to the Control Centre, making it more intuitive and user-friendly. One of the standout features is a quicker and more accessible way to shut down your iPhone. This enhancement aims to streamline the user experience, allowing for faster access to essential functions. Discover how iOS 18's redesigned Control Centre can simplify your daily interactions with your iPhone, bringing convenience right at your fingertips.