It is important to ask the patient to sign a disclaimer that will protect your organization in the event of a breach. A version of this article was first published November 19, 2020, by HCPro's ...

Gaps in Microsoft’s and Google’s email encryption could be putting healthcare organizations at risk of non-compliance with HIPAA, the law that protects medical privacy, a report from Paubox contends.

In efforts to strengthen email security, Gmail will soon begin alerting users if an email has arrived over an unencrypted connection, according to Tech Crunch. Currently, Google already uses secure ...

The personal health information of approximately 3,000 Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System patients has been disclosed in an unauthorized manner, according to a health system news release. On ...

Even cybersecurity professionals need to improve their security posture. That's the lesson from the RSA Conference in February, where the security operations center (SOC) run by Cisco and NetWitness ...

Google has a pair of new security features that will warn users in cases when they should be cautious about revealing sensitive information over email. Users will be shown a small red unlocked padlock ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Officials with the state Department of Health and Human Services say an unencrypted email sent in August may have compromised the confidential health information of more than 1,600 ...

Google is taking security threats for Gmail users seriously. To help alert users about the risk in opening unencrypted email, the search company is currently working on warnings that will pop up when ...