2018 in Cybersecurity
14 December 2017

Cybersecurity Trends to Watch for in 2018

As 2017 comes to a close, the Miller Johnson Privacy & Cybersecurity team takes a moment to reflect on the past year to help predict cybersecurity trends in 2018. In 2017, our clients experienced an unprecedented number of cyber-incidents and data breaches. Our small to medium-sized business clients were impacted most. These attacks coincided with […]

Email Encryption
16 November 2017

Privacy and Cybersecurity 101: How to Send Secu...

Regular email, without some form of added security such as encryption, is not secure.  By that we mean when you use Outlook or Gmail to send an email to another person, unless you have deliberately added a layer of security (e.g., encryption and/or password protection), that email is not secure. Email was not designed with […]

Encryption
09 November 2017

Privacy and Cybersecurity 101: How to Encrypt ...

Last week we told you about the $2.5 million laptop.  What if we told you that fine could have been avoided with one, simple step?  That’s right there would have been no data breach and no $2.5 million fine if the stolen laptop had been encrypted. In this post, we’ll discuss encryption basics, including how […]

USA and EU flags
05 October 2017

FTC Cracks Down on False Claims of Compliance w...

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced (https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/09/three-companies-agree-settle-ftc-charges-they-falsely-claimed) that it had settled charges against three different companies for misleading consumers about their participation in the EU-US Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”) framework.  These are the FTC’s first enforcement actions brought under the Privacy Shield. The FTC alleged the three companies falsely claimed they were certified to […]

Flooded Houses
07 September 2017

Dealing with PHI after Hurricane Harvey (and Ot...

The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued relief and other helpful guidance about dealing with Protected Health Information (“PHI”) in the wake of disasters like Hurricane Harvey.  You can review this guidance here. Waiver of Certain Provisions under the Privacy Rule It is important to remember that HIPAA’s Privacy Rule continues to […]

13 April 2017

Welcome to Miller Johnson’s Cybersecurity and P...

Welcome to Miller Johnson’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Blog. The goal of this blog is to help business leaders sleep a little better by sharing insights that help businesses understand and manage today’s cybersecurity risks.