Many organizations, especially in the healthcare industry, have an urgent need to send important and sensitive information, like protected health information (what constitutes PHI?), to organizations via FAX (facsimile). Why?  Because this is how it has always been done, and everyone is “set up” to be able to handle FAXes quickly and efficiently. Go back […]

For more information, see: Hospital faxed a patient’s HIV-positive status to his workplace — he’s now suing for $2.5 million Is a FAXing really HIPAA-compliant? HIPAA Faxing: How To Send and Receive FAXes in a Secure and Compliant Way

Our latest “Ask Erik” question involves understanding what email headers save about secure message transport … especially when they list MAPI or HTTPS instead of TLS.

Recent reports on cyber-security threats in the healthcare sector by Verizon, Symantec and Ponemon consistently make several observations: Email-borne malware is on the rise, with such malware delivered via spam or phishing; Small-to-medium sized businesses (from all sectors) have the highest rate of email-delivered malware; Most breaches are caused by negligent employees or contractors. These […]