Welcome to Cyber Security Month! According to Brian Krebs krebsonsecurity.com there have been 3 major security breaches in the first few days of October 2015. Experian Breach – 15 Million Consumers Scottrade Breach – 4.6 Million Customers Trump Hotel Collection – Unknown number. It’s “safe to say” Cyber Security challenges are here to stay. We’re doing four blog posts this month to coincide with Cyber Security Awareness Month. I thought I’d start…
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Breach as defined by HHS
From the HHS.gov website: Definition of Breach A breach is, generally, an impermissible use or disclosure under the Privacy Rule that compromises the security or privacy of the protected health information. An impermissible use or disclosure of protected health information is presumed to be a breach unless the covered entity or business associate, as applicable, demonstrates that there is a low probability that the protected health information has been…