Kira Cabanintech-protenusHow the Protenus Breach Barometer changed my careerWhen Protenus was first building its sales and marketing team, I joined as the Senior Marketing Manager. This meant shaping marketing…Apr 2, 2018Apr 2, 2018
Kira Cabanintech-protenusWhile healthcare is optimistic about 4-year low in breached patient records, number of incidents…A recent report has stated that patient records affected by health data breaches have hit a four-year low in 2017. Unfortunately, while…Mar 27, 2018Mar 27, 2018
Kira Cabanintech-protenusBuilding a next-generation privacy operationLast month, Matt Fisher, a partner at Mirick O’Connell and chair of the firm’s health law group, joined Robert Lord, Co-Founder and…Mar 15, 2018Mar 15, 2018
Kira Cabanintech-protenusA single hacking incident responsible for 59% of total breached patient records in JanuaryThe health data breach landscape remained tumultuous in January, with almost an equal number of hacking and insider-related incidents. Of…Feb 28, 2018Feb 28, 2018
Kira Cabanintech-protenusThe numbers are in: 5.6M patient records breached in 2017The Breach Barometer Annual Report analyzes how data breaches have affected healthcare throughout 2017.Jan 23, 2018Jan 23, 2018
Kira Cabanintech-protenus84K patient records breached as patients remain hesitant to disclose sensitive medical informationInsider threats continued to plague the healthcare industry in November. The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) re-emphasized the need for…Dec 21, 2017Dec 21, 2017
Kira Cabanintech-protenusVulnerable populations included in the 157K breached patient records due to insider-errorThe month of October continued the recent trend of hacking incidents outweighing insider incidents. However, insider incidents affected a…Nov 16, 2017Nov 16, 2017
Kira Cabanintech-protenusInsider-Wrongdoing incident took 5+ years to discoverThere has been another string of insider breaches first reported in September that have taken at least a year to discover, and in some…Oct 16, 2017Oct 16, 2017
Kira Cabanintech-protenusHacking incidents are quickly discovered while insiders go unnoticedIn July and August, it appeared that there were some signs of progress in terms of how long it took to discover a health data breach. While…Sep 29, 2017Sep 29, 2017
Kira Cabanintech-protenusIt’s fantasy football season, privacy officers. You know what that means, right?In 2015 and 2016, Protenus found that the privacy of professional athletes’ medical records was violated equal to or more than any other…Sep 28, 2017Sep 28, 2017