

Radiology Regional Center’s 3rd Party failed to dispose PHI adequately!
In recent events Radiology Regional Center’s 3rd party physically leaked data on the streets as it was transporting the physical documents to be destroyed. I know traditionally we are accustomed to hearing about hacking and exfiltration, but this is a constant reminder that beaches come in all forms. In this case, the breach of data came from a 3rd party’s mistake in handling information. A breach is a breach, whether it is digital or physical and Radiology Regional will be f


Ransomware strikes again!
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has paid hackers to release their data after compromising their network and encrypting their data. The hospital’s CEO stated it was in their best interest to give the nefarious individuals what they demanded and to not cause further disruption. It is a sad day in the world when we would rather lay down than to fight. I am not saying fight in its traditional term, I am referring to standing up and securing your business. Most healthcare en


President Obama approves $19 billion for government IT upgrades!
This is a solid move by the President as we all know, especially the hackers, that government systems are not adequately secured and run legacy operating systems. The decision will be made by Congress and hopefully they realize the gravity of this request, because if not taken seriously, the information of the government and citizens could be in great danger. To put this in a larger perspective, the government operates legacy systems. Those systems are very complex to run whi


Cyber Unicorn, Norse Corp crashes!
Norse Corps was one of the cyber security firms that had gained traction since its inception. It concentrated on providing threat intelligence solutions for firms to proactively detect threats inside of their network. The velocity of their takeoff was monumental until they began to collapse. Norse Corp experience a major network down emergency that forced their customers and investors to proceed with caution. When asked why their system went down, their CEO responded by sayin


Vulnerabilities in SmartTV’s
Today’s market has an influx of smart devices that were traditionally used in the past for one purpose, to play television shows. Today’s “Internet of Things” surrounds stoves, televisions, refrigerators, etcetera and converts these appliances into internet ready resources. Once purchased, these devices are delivered to the user’s home and easily placed on the internet via the user’s home network. The devices are programmed for application use and automatically assume that al