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2017 is Raising the Bar for Annual HIPAA Breaches

September 28, 2017 by Amber Moffat
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This week MSPmentor published an article online regarding the current pace of HIPAA breaches potentially doubling that of 2016. According to the article, the 66 percent increase – thus far – is driven by a sharp rise in the number of incidents designated as “Hacking/IT Incident,” which were up 82 percent, to 104 in 2017. … [Read more…]

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