When it comes to cybersecurity, It is important to understand who your audience is and how to communicate effectively with them. Today, we discuss an article on the cybersecurity pitfalls written by Julie Haney, Usable Cybersecurity Program Lead at NIST, and the importance of involving everyone in a team approach to protecting patients' information.

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Cybersecurity is a big challenge for all businesses these days. Regardless of the size of the business or industry it's in, hackers are continuously trying to exploit weaknesses to gain access to networks and data. NIST and CISA have some new resources and guides that can help small and medium size businesses face the growing cyber threat.

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You know how people say "it'll never happen to me"? Well, today we are covering six news stories that chances are will affect you either directly or indirectly in some way. We've got yet another story of a practice that doesn't have a response plan, stories about hardware and software that are vulnerable or were hacked and even a story on how you can make a quick $10m.

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In the fast-paced world of healthcare, where even your stethoscope can connect to the internet, cybersecurity training for everyone is an absolute must. But fear not, brave healthcare professional! There is free cybersecurity training online! Listen in and we will tell you all about two great cybersecurity training options for workforce members and clinicians.

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We talk a lot about understanding the current cyber threats and risks involved in not remaining vigilant in protecting against them. Today, we review the Hospital Cyber Resiliency Initiative Landscape Analysis, recently released by 405d. It provides stats and case studies from the real world. It also gives us areas we need to work on and where we need to put our investment of time and money to protect against these threats.

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Healthcare organizations are dealing with increasingly complex cybersecurity threats. With the use of technology and the presence of sensitive patient information, hackers see healthcare systems as valuable targets. Protecting healthcare systems is a major challenge. The 405(d) Task Group has updated their HICP guidance for small, medium and large organizations to help them better secure their networks and applications and manage risks to keep patient information safe.

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It's fitting that for episode 405 we talk with Erik Decker, lead on the HHS 405d Task Group, about the recently released Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients (HICP) 2023 edition. Since David and I are also on the 405d task group, we are excited to talk about the new updates and added resources FREELY available to help everyone prepare and fight against cybersecurity threats.

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Gary Salman from Black Talon Security joins David as guest host while Donna celebrates her birthday in the Keys. David and Gary will explain why not being constantly vigilant when protecting network security can lead to a false sense of security. They will discuss the threats Black Talon is seeing in the cyber environment these days and via tabletop exercises they conduct with organizations as well as ways to help protect your organization from and prepare for cyber events and other crisis situations.

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Today, we cover part two of our review of the HIPAA Summit. We will cover notes from a privacy officer roundtable, security tips from IT's point of view, key points from crisis vendors and a very interesting discussion around mergers and acquisitions. Listen in to pick up where we left off from part 1 of our 2023 HIPAA Summit Review.

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As always the HIPAA Summit is very interesting and informative. This is the annual summit where we learn what's going on in the "HIPAAsphere" and what things are coming down the pike. There is a lot of information to cover, so we will break this into two Help Me With HIPAA episodes. Here's part 1 of our HIPAA Summit review.

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