Compliance

By Darren McLaughlin in Compliance

As predicted, the litigation surrounding HIPAA/HITECH is heating up.  This time, a business associate has been sued by the Attorney General’s office of Minnesota.  The story is very typical.  The business associate left an unencrypted laptop in a rental car.  The laptop, which was loaded up with PHI, was stolen, endangering all data. Along with the loss of...

By Heather in Business, Cloud, Compliance, Email

Did you know that if you aren’t using an Email Archiving Solution as part of your overall business strategy you could be leaving yourself open to liabilities associated with lawsuits? It’s true. All businesses that use Email as a method to communicate with customers, clients, business associates and vendors are governed by regulations set forth in FRCP...

By Darren McLaughlin in Compliance

Content filtering is a mildly controversial subject in some circles.  Employers have been dealing with employees using the internet for nefarious purposes for years, and many of them are taking action to ensure it never happens again.  For companies who have to maintain compliance, this issue is a proverbial ‘no-brainer.’  They can’t afford to...

By Heather in Compliance, ECommerce, Internet Security

With the busy holiday shopping season well underway, it comes as no surprise that a worldwide crackdown on websites suspected of selling counterfeit or pirated goods have been suspended - and in some cases seized - by authorities. Earlier this month, PCeU announced they shut down approximately 2,000 .uk domains suspected of selling counterfeit goods...

By Heather in Compliance, Email, Internet Security

In today’s fast moving digital age, the importance of keeping sensitive data safe from prying eyes has never been more important. This is especially true for businesses and organizations that must use Email and hard media such as USB sticks, CD’s and DVD’s to share and transmit personally identifiable information such as payment history, credit...

By Darren McLaughlin in Compliance, Email, Internet Security

Email is an inherently insecure mechanism for message delivery.  The fact that it’s relied on by billions of people daily doesn’t change the fact that email is a very insecure solution in its native state.  The problem with email is a simple one to explain.  Email messages are sent to their final destination in plain-text format.  Email servers make no...