Here are some stats that will blow your mind: Every minute of every day, 48 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube, Google receives over 2 million queries, over 100,000 tweets are sent and nearly 600 new websites are created. Perhaps most shocking is that quietly in the background, all of this data is tracked and stored. But what happens to it after that?
Obviously, today’s Internet is filled with vast amounts of data. When only a few short years ago a search would yield varied results, today search engines, social networks and even advertisers have realized that information must be culled, filtered and targeted for their consumers. In order to do this, many of these services collect data about you. Whil…
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: New Penalty system with steeper fines
The passage of HIPAA Omnibus Rule heralds a new era of accountability for organizations that fall under the category of ‘business associates’ to a healthcare provider. The new rule has made some sweeping changes to the penalty system applied to each HIPAA violation category. Before you jump the gun and start worrying about the hefty fines, read this post to know whether you actually fit the role of a ‘business associate’ under the new rule.
The New Penalty System
Under the new rule, civil monetary penalties for noncompliance have been increased based on the level of violation. So, any breach of PHI (Protected Health Information) – whether intentional or accidental – can potentially set you back …
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Should your organization’s IT department fret over it? — Part II
In the first part of this 2-part blog, we saw the update about the HIPAA Omnibus Rule and the deadline for compliance (September 23rd, 2013). Now, let’s analyze the before & after of this new rule, and if it really applies to you. (Check out the examples given for better understanding.)
The Scene Before HIPAA Omnibus…
Before this law was enacted, it was the responsibility of healthcare providers (hospitals, clearinghouses, insurance companies, etc.) to report to HHS about any breach into the protected health information (PHI) that they store. And they had to comply with the detailed HIPAA Privacy Rule and HIPAA Security Rule in order to show that the PHI had been properly safeguarded, and not b…
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Should your IT department fret over it? — Part I
Today, the entire healthcare industry is abuzz over the latest development – the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. And all those businesses associated with healthcare providers – in some way or the other – are looking for some answers in that 500+ page proclamation, because certain clauses of the enhanced law have given them new obligations.
Early this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced HIPAA Omnibus Rule, a collection of reformations to HIPAA, in order to strengthen the privacy and security protections for health information. Promulgated on March 26th, this law is about to give two new responsibilities to the business associates of healthcare providers:
- Reporting data brea
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Voices that matter – Identity and Access Management
Lately, the digital identities of users have evolved into playing a significant role in specifying how users interact with computer networks, thus making the IAM programs more and more complex.
Identity and Access Management has become one of the most celebrated, and at the same time, dreaded term in IT management. In the present days of cutting-edge technology, IAM has evolved into a branch of science and has been perceived as a very difficult process. IT administrators have to find innovative ways to deal with the new challenges that today’s technologies and business demands throw at them.
Procuring industry-level IAM information, processes, implementation stories, what worked for whom, etc. can b…
Simplify Active Directory Routines with ADManager Plus
In this fast paced world an organization’s sustained success is not merely about big ideas and inventions; rather business organizations should exploit the radical change that can be brought about by fashioning everyday routines.
ADManager Plus automates Active Directory routines for you. Just in case your administrators and managers are hesitant to give up complete control to an automation, well, you can implement the business workflow in automation. Implementing the business workflow will propel the automation through the configured workflow. Hence control can be retained and accountability darted!!
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Thank You For Making ADManager Plus Win Windows IT Pro Awards Again!
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ADManager Plus Wins Windows IT Pro “Editors’ Best” and “Community Choice” Awards for the Second Time in A Row!
ADManager Plus, the Active Directory identity and access management solution, has been named the silver winner of “2012 Editors’ Best Awards” and “2012 Community Choice Awards” (in the Best Active Directory/Group Policy Products category) presented by Windows IT Pro magazine. (Additionally, ADAudit Plus was mentioned as one of the Hot Auditing/Compliance Products in this year’s Community Choice Survey.)
What makes this special is that ADManager Plus has won these awards for the second consecutive year. Once again, both Windows IT Pro magazine’s editors and readers have unanimously listed ADManager Plus in the Top 3 Active Directory/Group Policy products in the market.
With its ann…
ADSolutions rolls out ADManager Plus version 6.0!!!
In the last 6 years, ADSolutions has endeavored to remove the difficulty and mundanity out of Active Directory Management, and here it does once again with the release of ADManager Plus 6.0.
ADManager Plus 6.0 adds more cream to the pie!
Introducing features and enhancements available in ADManager plus 6.0
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| Automation | User modification | GPO management | Enhanced Workflow |
Say goodbye to bugs!! 6.0 Bug fixes include:
- IMAP4 settings can be changed through single user modification
- streetAddress of user objects is made a Multiline attribute
- Password for ADManager Plus’ database can be stored in encrypted format
- ‘Recently Modified users’ report retrieves more than 1000 objects
- Windows 7 Enterprise S
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Free Active Directory Tool – Empty Password Reporter
A Password acts as the battlefront to a user accounts security. The role of choosing a secure password is not only limited to the end-user but also the administrator who devices the policy for restricting or creation of such a password. A poorly chosen password by your users is an opportunity that is unintentionally provided to malicious users for exploitation. For instance, Hackers (External Users) are constantly on the look-out for loopholes in an organization’s security system in-order to gain access to sensitive information; User accounts that do not have a password stay right on top-of their attack list. One cannot discount the role of insiders in a security breach; stats reveal that an estimated …
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