Safe Harbor for Implementing a Government-Recognized Cybersecurity Program On January 5, President Trump signed a new law providing Safe Harbor for HIPAA...
Author - Mike Semel
Mike Semel is a noted thought leader, speaker, blogger, and best-selling author of HOW TO AVOID HIPAA HEADACHES . He is the President and Chief Security Officer of Semel Consulting, focused on HIPAA and other compliance requirements; cyber security; and Business Continuity planning. Mike is a Certified Business Continuity Professional through the Disaster Recovery Institute, a Certified HIPAA Professional, Certified Security Compliance Specialist, and Certified Health IT Specialist. He has owned or managed technology companies for over 30 years; served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a hospital and a K-12 school district; and managed operations at an online backup company.
You built a strong IT security environment based on people working from your offices, including firewalls, endpoint protection, access controls, and automated...
On Saturday, April 11, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flew over Las Vegas to celebrate health care workers. They were also celebrating you, wherever you are...
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What will your executives, board, and the public think if you report a breach that could have been prevented? If you have Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008...
Why is There Still So Much Confusion, Denial, and Deception? The Office for Civil Rights just announced a $ 3 million penalty against Touchstone Medical...
When Microsoft ends support you will be unsecure and non-compliant Time is running out. And you probably don’t have the resources you need. Microsoft is ending...
HHS says Security and Compliance Require Actions, then Policies The common-sense, scalable, and actionable cybersecurity guidance recently released by the US...
In 2012 Accretive Health Care was banned from doing business in Minnesota for 2 – 6 years for a HIPAA violation. In 2018 New York State suspended a nurse’s...
What You Can Learn from the Russian Army, the US Navy, and a Suspended Nurse The General Counsel at one of our clients is a former district attorney who...