The average healthcare breach exposes 3+ million private patient records. What are you doing to discover, store, and protect ePHI? Why the ‘e’ in ‘ePHI’? HIPAA, PHI, PII, GDPR, ePHI… Where would we be without our acronyms? If you’re interested in protecting ePHI, it’s safe to say none of these are entirely new to you. The most important to our … Read More
Using PII Tools on a Daily Basis
As every GRC team member knows all too well, manually sifting through the company’s seemingly infinite TB of stored data is a full-time job (or a waste of time). But now, with advances in AI-driven data discovery, what does the day of an average PII Tools user actually like? Streamlining Data Discovery The day-to-day mission of any GRC team (Governance, … Read More
Regular Audits: Do You Really Need Them?
There’s nothing worse than wasting time and money, so is there any benefit to reviewing the data you store? Well, unless you want to be like the kid who never studies for tests, regular audits may be the only thing keeping you out of the principal’s office. To Audit or Not to Audit? By this point, I would hope none … Read More
How to Identify Leaked Data
A data breach can happen to anyone at any time. Although there are many steps in responding to such a breach, the first is actually locating the data in question. If you’ve suffered a breach of information, how do you identify all affected parties? Detecting the Leak There are multiple ways you can tell you’re dealing with a data breach, … Read More
The What, Why, and How of PII Auditing
You’ve heard stories of companies running into trouble by not maintaining PII compliance and suffering severe legal ramifications. But what does that mean for you? Out of all the data you have, you’re sure you don’t have any PII lurking around in unwanted or even unlawful areas, right…? Ready or not, your next scheduled PII audit is around the corner. … Read More
