How To Protect EHRs & Your Health Information
When dealing with health information, and its movement toward electronic media, the prime concern is naturally security, “How do we make sure our records are safe?”
In February 2011 HB Gary, an information security firm contracted by the government, was attacked successfully; bringing to light several fundamentals the health information field should maintain while establishing itself. The HB Gary attack should be used as a cautionary tale to implement strong security practices so that such attacks could never be successful.
Below is a series designed to give an overview of the HB Gary attack and insights in how to avoid similar attacks.
The HB Gary Series & Lessons Learned
- The SQL Injection: Staying Up-To-Date
- Rainbow Tables: Why Good Passwords Save You
- Social Engineering: Why Loose Lips Sink Ships
If you happen to be interested in HB Gary itself, and what sort of information was revealed in the aftermath of the attack, check out “HB Gary: Cold Case?“
