The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was signed into law in August 1996, a milestone piece of legislation intended to simplify the administration of healthcare, prevent healthcare fraud, eliminate waste, and ensure insurance coverage was not lost when employees were between jobs. Since that time HIPAA has seen numerous significant updates including; HIPAA Privacy […]
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Ashton Potter Announces Partnership with BostonCIO
Williamsville, NY, October 5, 2020—Ashton Potter, a leading provider of high security printing and forensic traceability technology for the private and public sector, and BostonCIO, a professional services information technology consulting firm, today announced a partnership to integrate their ProLinc® and BostonCOMPLY Practical Compliance Automation™ SaaS solutions. This globally unique solution provides a complete end […]
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
A wave of change is coming from the Department of Defense and this wave may just be a tsunami hitting the foundation of your business. The behavior of a company around cybersecurity, and their controls, practices and processes determines their cybersecurity maturity Level (1-5) rating. Level 1 represents Basic Cyber Hygiene and Level 5 […]
What do CVS, Mass General Hospital and Raytheon Have in Common?
We often hear questions about what similar things have in common. Finding similarities is part of how we perceive and understand our world and the things within it. We compare cars, houses and even look for common traits of planets and solar systems. These are all fun and often lead to engaging conversation. Here is […]
US-EU Privacy Shield Invalidated by EU Court: What a Tangled Mess!
From the time that the European Union General Data Protection Regulation began to be enforced in May of 2018, there has been an issue with the transfer of personally identifiable information of residents of the European Economic Area (EEA) to the United States. The underlying cause of the issue is the view under EU law […]
Sh*t Rolls Down Hill
We have all had the moment where we are downhill of an avalanche of a problem that is rolling our way and gaining steam. This is otherwise knowns as the snowball effect. There are more examples than days in a year, but let’s consider one that is greatly influenced by the times we now live […]
