McKnight's May 23, 2021
The recent events of the Colonial Pipeline gas shortage in the Southeast have highlighted a very real concern for our nation’s cybersecurity. Cyber criminals are still out there, and seemingly stronger than ever.
But in our representation of nursing homes and assisted living providers nationwide, we know too well that cyber criminals do not just cause the high profile, disabling gas shortages you read about in the news. No. We know that cyber criminals attack, nay even target, smaller healthcare providers more than other businesses. Here’s why.
In my practice I have given several speeches and written articles about HIPAA and cybersecurity, attempting to help healthcare providers obtain HIPAA compliance to protect their data, including protected health information (“PHI”), to...