Social media is full of people who speak "confidently" about topics that they simply do not fully understand. HIPAA is one of those topics. Today, we are covering 7 HIPAA facts that we hope will set the record straight about frequently misunderstood HIPAA topics.

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Learn 'tricks of the trade' from a real social engineering tester. We interview William Price of Cyberx.tech to learn how they are able to successfully penetrate a company's defenses and get access to their most critical information. How likely would your organization be vulnerable to these same methods?

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Have you ever heard tech folks refer to a computer problem as an ID10T error? You probably thought it was some highly technical term geeks use. Well, it's not and today we are going to talk about a couple posts and articles where folks' are flying their ID10T flag high and proud. And hopefully try to prevent you from making an ID10T error.

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It's that time of year again. Time to start preparing for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month coming up in October. Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart is the theme again this year. Be a Cybersecurity Awareness Month Champion for your business, your community and your family.

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Managing your vendors, or your supply chain, has become increasingly more important these days. As we've seen in the news just in the last several months, data and system breaches can come as a result of the vendors you work with. So, we felt like it was time to revisit this topic by reviewing the recent update to the HIC SCRiM guide that includes 6 steps for vendor management.

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Every year we cover the most recent report released on the cost of a data breach. No surprise from this year's report that the cost continues to rise. And healthcare breaches cost the most across all industries. Listen in as we go through IBM's Cost of Data Breach Report 2021.

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There's a new data breach notification bill in Congress that will affect the business community as a whole, not just healthcare. It will create a new data breach disclosure requirement for federal agencies, federal contractors and critical infrastructure companies. It's time to let folks know when breaches happen. We can't protect ourselves from things we don't know about.

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There is so much happening in the cyber world today that we couldn't decide on just one topic to cover in this episode. So, we will be jumping around and covering a lot of different cyber topics, hence the title of the podcast, Cyber Sqwerl. So, listen fast folks… we've got a lot to cover.

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Summertime, holidays and long weekends, where many of us are taking time off, are prime times for cyber attacks. The bad guys are counting on people being in a hurry and letting their guard down so it'll make it easier to suck you into their attack. July 4th 2021 was no different. An MSP was attacked by cyber criminals. Although this is still an active incident, we will cover what we know in today's podcast.

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Offshore services are a popular option for many businesses. The ability to work around the clock from different sides of the planet is one thing but the cost savings are the primary driving force for this solution. When it comes to HIPAA Business Associates, though, there are a lot of variables that must be considered when deciding whether to offshore or not.

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