This holiday we are both taking time off to celebrate with our friends and families. In our absence, please enjoy a replay of our previous Gift Giving Guide for compliance officers.

Listener message potpourri means we will be hitting several different topics in this episode. We get emails and messages from listeners a lot these days. While we do our best to respond we can't say we are consistent. That is why we do these episodes periodically. If we've missed yours, don't hesitate to point it out to us in another message.

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In the recent NIST OCR security conference, a panel member said the terms "HIPAA compliant" and "HIPAA certified" made her cringe. We agree. The Anthem settlement has a lot of people asking about certifications for cybersecurity since Anthem was technically HITRUST Certified when the hacker first broke into their network. Let's talk certifications and what they really mean under HIPAA, shall we?

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The 2015 Anthem data breach could have been a watershed moment for HIPAA privacy and security in many ways. It remains to be seen if the settlement with OCR turns out to be another one. Either way, the historic breach and historic settlement have many lessons for us to learn. Let's discuss Anthem settlement lessons today.

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Time for the annual Halloween episode! 5 horror movie quotes are this year's theme. We have 5 horror movie quotes that are matched up to data breach stories.

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We are #CyberAware is the tag for the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign. Each year this campaign is run by the National Cybersecurity Alliance. In 2018, Kardon, Security First IT, and HMWH are all signed up to be champions and publish information for the campaign. Today, we will review what these campaigns are about and how you can use these and more like them to augment your education program.

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What should we learn from the recent OCR settlement? This time it was three settlements in one that related to a fourth. There is more here than the headline-grabbing dollar amounts. These settlements are the best specific guidance you can get from OCR. As always, we do the analysis for you!

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Often tech folks will say that they understand HIPAA. What that really means is that they understand the technical requirements of HIPAA. The overconfidence sometimes works against them. Today we cover 3 stories tech should hear. It is important that they learn there is more than just their tech knowledge.

CIS 20 or SANS 20 is the name to reference a list of security controls that are intended to be used in the absence of any framework like NIST or HIPAA requirements. If you are trying to get the most bang for your buck and you know you are way behind on your security program CIS 20 may be the thing for you.

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Have you seen the report about consumer online digital trust and what it means to all businesses? The report is The Global State of Online Digital Trust A Frost & Sullivan White Paper which was commissioned by ca technologies and published in July 2018. This survey study was done to compare perceptions about consumer trusts that executives and security professionals have vs the actual consumer trust findings when surveying consumers. Would you believe there is a disconnect across the three perceptions?

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