There are plenty of things happening that you should be aware of including a new settlement announcement from OCR. This and more things happening out there you should know about!

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So happy that we are finally doing this show in time to remind you to use the free security awareness training resources available for October which is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). There are a lot of free resources available to promote security awareness under that program released each year. Today we are discussing how to use these resources to work out a plan for your training through out October!

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The threat of ransomware continues to be a major issue for all businesses. MSPs were a gateway for mass cyber attacks in 2019. Make sure your IT provider is using the new guide specifically for them produced by NIST and NCCoE: PROTECTING DATA FROM RANSOMWARE AND OTHER DATA LOSS EVENTS. While we are at it there are a couple of articles relating to ransomware's impact on insurance coverage that we need to bring to your attention.

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The annual Verizon data breach report was recently released for 2020. Learning from other's mistakes is always the best way to learn vs the alternatives. These reports always offer very specific details that we find very enlightening and helpful in making business decisions relating to security in all businesses.

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COVID-19 Testing vs HIPAA is starting to play out all over the country as businesses reopen and the virus continues to spread. Today we will discuss some of the confusion about all the COVID-19 testing and HIPAA.

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So far 2020 has the whole world turned upside down. A true global pandemic, global economic fallout still happening from a shutdown caused by the pandemic and a level of global social unrest that hasn't been seen in 40-50 years. Yes, it is overwhelming. But, it is also very clear that the criminal factors and nation-state attackers are well aware no one is watching the hen house too.

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Too often our human selves will happily put off some responsibilities on others if we can find any small reason for doing so. It may not be our best quality but it is certainly one that bonds most of us together. I personally can't name anyone that would say sorry I would like to take responsibility for something I think is your responsibility. In our world today we all need to take responsibility for helping protect the group as a whole. The NICE team from NIST published something about just that when it comes to cybersecurity. Time to get ready to discuss it is everyone's responsibility, not just a select few.

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If you are a fan of horror flicks you know the story. Even if you are not a fan you probably know the line from When A Stranger Calls: "the calls are coming from a phone inside the house". That stuff happens in the opening. Personally, I have never made it through that part much less through the whole thing. Today we have a whole new horror flick to discuss: cyberattacks coming from inside the network. Maybe we should hold this until Halloween but who knows what will happen then, we need to cover this because it is happening now.

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Perfect timing rarely happens these days but we have been discussing updating incident response plans based on what we have learned in the last two months. In fact, we ended our last episode saying the response plan update is one of the most important things you should do. Like magic Erik Decker posts on LinkedIn this week that the HIC group has finished a new guide specifically about crisis response.

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We always know when serious stuff has happened behind the scenes and OCR got involved. Some major violations of privacy rights must have happened when we see the OCR notice reminding everyone that you can not share patient information with the media without authorization.

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