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As a company, would you be more likely to implement cybersecurity measures if it meant safety from liability? Representative John Kato of New York plans to introduce just such a bill in the coming days in order to incentivize companies to proactively protect themselves from cyberattacks. Would the idea of being protected from liability due […]

Not a day goes by when you don’t hear about a new hack. Here are five tips to keep you cyber-safe. If an email seems suspicious in any way, don’t click links or open attachments. Use two-factor authentication. This can stop most hackers because they need more than your password to get into your account. […]

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Microsoft has announced that a leak of data from its Power Apps portals has exposed the personal details of 38 million users, including names, email addresses, Social Security information, phone numbers, and even Covid vaccination statuses. The software is used by organizations from school systems to corporations like Ford and American Airlines. For their part, […]

What is the National Institute of Standards and Technology? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the federal agency that develops and promotes globally-recognized measurement standards. NIST advises the U.S. Government on technical matters, develops and deploys measurement tools, tests materials to develop national standards, provides technical support to U.S. industries, and participates […]

DFARS regulations can really put a cramp in your business. Even though the government more than likely means well and just wants to protect your clients’ data, they sure don’t go out of their way to make the regulations easy to understand or implement. Lucky for you, we here at Petronella Technology Group (PTG) understand what your business […]

To keep you from suspense, we’ll go ahead and tell you that the attack didn’t compromise any data affecting the 2020 census and the perpetrators weren’t able to maintain access thanks to their firewall. That said, it doesn’t appear the Census Bureau handled the attack very well. The zero-day flaw was discovered in December 2019. […]

In the past six months, just under half, 48% to be exact, of all hospitals in the United States shut down their networks because of ransomware. The cost to large hospitals averaged $133,000. The cost to medium hospitals averaged $457,000. One of the larger issues highlighted in the study by Philips and CyberMDX was a […]

Better Business Bureau (BBB) www.bbb.org BBB sees trust as a function of two primary factors – integrity and performance. Integrity includes respect, ethics and intent. Performance speaks to a business’s track record of delivering results in accordance with BBB standards and/or addressing customer concerns in a timely, satisfactory manner. Apex Chamber of Commerce www.apexchamber.com The […]

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PTG understands that you are in business to help your patients feel better, and so are we. With our platform of HIPAA compliance products, we diagnose and treat cybersecurity the same way you diagnose and treat your patients. We help your patients feel better about the security of their Personal Health Information (PHI and ePHI) while […]

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The malware crisis is alarming enough on its own, but seeing the reaction of “Big Tech” raises even more concern. There exists a blockchain called “Sia” that was created to be a platform for decentralized data hosting. Anyone can use free space on their PC to be a host, and the data is seeded across […]

HIPAA Training: People Are Your Weakest Link (2020 Edition) HIPAA Training: Because People Are Your Weakest Link DID YOU KNOW THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF HIPAA VIOLATIONS IS HUMAN ERROR? HIPAA training is the only fix for this. After all, computers don’t click on phishing emails…  Humans do. Healthcare minus HIPAA training is a total […]

Dive down the rabbit hole and find HIPAA help. What Is HIPAA? What is HIPAA Compliance? What is HIPAA Law? What is HIPAA Training? How Do You Report HIPAA Violations? What are HIPAA Forms? 10 HIPAA Security Tips You have HIPAA problems, we have HIPAA help. HIPAA is the “Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act […]

lt’s HIPAA Compliance, or HIPAA Disaster Or lack thereof, if you’re of the 98%. The magnitude of this stuff is off the charts. The only reason our phones aren’t currently ringing off the hook is because only 2% understand that they are in major trouble, or on course for a federal disaster in regards to HIPAA compliance. The Office for Civil Rights is increasing audits, so 2% will […]

Ransomware: The Worst Global Threat of 2020 (2nd Edition) What is the Ransomware crisis? If you follow current events, you’re aware of a new global threat. It feeds directly into the HIPAA maze. Hindsight is 20/20, and now we all clearly see that the World Wide Web doubles as a Venus Fly Trap. It’s that unique place where […]

What is the HITECH Act? The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Act is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 that HIPAA stems from, and it encourages the use of electronic health record (EHR) systems through incentivization. The argument could be made that EHR system providers, and the healthcare IT industry as a whole, […]