by Yefe Soriano | Dec 3, 2024 | General News
Superintendents and other organizational leadership might wonder why county and city government, including agencies right here in Ohio, continue to be hit with ransomware. Weren’t these victims backing up their data? While most organizations have a backup, many...
by Yefe Soriano | Nov 15, 2024 | General News
Ohio Senate Bill 29 (SB29) went into effect last month on October 24, 2024. The focus of this bill is to improve student data privacy and school cybersecurity. The reason for the bill is to ensure that technology companies don’t misuse student data for students who...
by Yefe Soriano | Oct 1, 2024 | Business Associates & Others
Health IT vendors need to ensure security of their applications. Conventional wisdom for health IT vendors says to begin with the HIPAA Security Regulations, which specify 45 “Standards and Implementation Specifications”. While these requirements are...
by Eagle Editor | Oct 12, 2022 | Information Security
Are you ready for 2022-2023 privacy and cybersecurity challenges, legal requirements and other updates? Here are key trends, regulatory enforcement, and other regulatory actions seen in 2022 and upcoming for 2023. Ransomware Ransomware continues to be the major...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 6, 2021 | HIPAA
Are you prepared with a data backup strategy for Office 365? The February 2021 version of the Microsoft HIPAA Business Associate agreement states that it will “comply with applicable requirements of the [HIPAA] Security Rule”. One of the HIPAA requirements is data...
by Gary Pritts | May 27, 2021 | DD Boards, General News, Telehealth
Social Distancing and Telehealth Over the last several weeks, HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has issued multiple press releases regarding HIPAA compliance during the COVID-19 crisis, and there is some confusion about these. To eliminate this confusion, please know...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 26, 2021 | DD Boards
Time to Move from Reaction Mode to Proactive Security Management How do you deal with work-from-home security management during ongoing cases of COVID? Some have gone back to the office, but mandates are changing as we write this and as part of adjusting to the “new...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 26, 2020 | DD Boards
Many Ohio county DD Boards have shifted to a majority remote workforce over the past week, and the rest are likely to follow. We are hearing of challenges / roadblocks as we talk with our DD board clients across the state. Boards have different technology mixes so...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 24, 2020 | General News
Northeastern University’s Global Resilience Institute has just launched a short online course that provides life-saving skills for dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak. Please share this with your colleagues, families, and friends. Click here to see the course:...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 19, 2020 | DD Boards
Eagle President Gary Pritts offers a special message of support for Ohio DD Boards during this national health emergency. This is a stressful time for all of us. We know that you are coping with major changes in your agency. Please know that we are working to...
