Welcome to a crash course in telemedicine. In a matter of days, we’ve gone from a fully functioning world to millions of people confined to their homes.
But the world doesn’t stop just because we’re stuck indoors. Patients still need medical advice.
Working remotely is often everyone’s dream … until you have no choice. As one day blends into the next, you suddenly discover all the things you miss by being away from your normal routine.
It’s not just your morning coffee, or heading out to lunch with friends.
Panic. No matter what your belief system tells you to be true about the coronavirus, you can’t ignore the sense of overwhelm that is now a global issue.
With panic comes opportunity.
Princess Cruises just announced that in addition to dealing with outbreaks of coronavirus, it’s also dealing with a data breach.
Do you have a vulnerability management policy built into your security plan?
Vulnerability management is the practice of identifying, classifying, prioritizing, remediating, and mitigating software vulnerabilities.
On the surface, the purpose of vulnerability management seems to be to prioritize riskiness, and take action accordingly.
Security: It brings instant thoughts to mind:
The lock on your front door.
The firewall built into your operating system.
The password you use to login to your bank account.
A hacker knows you’re paying attention to the obvious. What a criminal is looking for is a back door.
All around you, firmware is helping you build your practice, and get things done.
Firmware is the permanent software programmed into read-only memory of many of the devices you use everyday.
It’s in the code of your printer
It’s in the software controlling the heart defibrillator in your patient room
It’s in the design of your virtual personal assistant, the one you talk to every day, the one who listens to everything you say
It goes beyond that.
Have you made significant changes to your practice based on HIPAA laws? Think your data is safe enough?
Think again.
There’s a new kid in town - CCPA - the latest in laws designed to protect data.
You may have heard about CCPA - California Consumer Privacy Act - which went into law on January 1st.
VPNs - virtual private networks - are designed to give people working remotely a secure connection into the company network. It creates a “tunnel” from wherever the worker accesses it, directly into the company’s database, usually via an internet connection.
Smart voice technology has the promise of helping senior centers out in many ways. Thanks to the Internet of Things, smart technology is taking over just about everything and giving options for more independence.
The Amazon Echo and Google Home offer virtual assistance that can be placed bedside or anywhere in a room.
Imagine meeting someone new in a professional environment. You have a friendly dinner. You exchange phone numbers. You send and receive a message or two.
And then things start to happen.
Unfortunately, being one of the top business people in the world can’t stop a hacker if they want in.