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Lessons Learned from 2018 Healthcare Data Breaches

There were 503 healthcare data breaches reported in 2018, with over 15 million healthcare records exposed.

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Oversight for Campus Affiliates

Along with your campus departments that are processing credit card payments using a merchant ID issued by your acquirer, it is important for your PCI program to incorporate oversight of the compliance efforts of all campus affiliates.

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Checklist for Third-Party Service Providers

As you are evaluating potential third-party vendors, you may want to reference this quick checklist to make sure you have all of your PCI “ducks in a row”

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Crowdfunding on Campus – Considerations for PCI

With regards to PCI compliance, we did want to share some basic guidance on what to evaluate before launching a crowdfunding campaign for your organization.

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Requirement 9.9: A How To Guide for Device Inspections

Although your general information security training may briefly discuss attack methods like skimming, you should create a specific program around Requirement 9.9 for any department or merchant accepting in-person transactions.

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NIST SP 800-171 Framework Series: Audit and Accountability

The third family of controls within the NIST SP 800-171, Audit and Accountability, is critical in both the prevention and detection of data breaches. Comprehensive and accurate system logging can significantly reduce the impact of a potential breach.

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NIST SP 800-171 Framework Series: Physical Protection

Section 3.10 within the NIST SP 800-171 rev 2 focuses on the physical access to an organization’s systems and the measures taken to protect equipment, buildings, and related supporting infrastructure against threats associated with the physical environment.

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Phishing Your Faculty and Staff: Why You Should Do It

Most organizations will train their users not to click on links or open attachments in suspicious emails, but for many employees, their daily job responsibilities include opening attachments from customers and clicking on links within emails to review information.

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Mobile Device Security

What sort of risks are you taking when you are checking your email from your phone, shopping online, or using mobile applications like Uber to get a ride home? Access our list of the best practices you should be following when utilizing your mobile device in order to protect your data.

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