“Over 63 % of data breaches are internal. It is caused by employees making mistakes or not knowing what to do.”
Dear ______
Are you concerned about the security of your client’s personal or health information? You may worry that an outside hacker will come in and compromise your client’s data. But you may be concerned about only part of the threat your data is facing. A recent study has shown that
“client data is generally lost to in-house mistakes by personnel.”
It isn’t that your employees are trying to steal data, or hurt your business or practice. These problems are simply caused by employees inviting in the bad guys unintentionally. We have all heard about the scams when senior citizens are called and are tricked into inadvertently giving up personal bank and social security information. Unfortunately today, scammers and data hackers are a lot more savvy – and are going after everyone, including businesses. They don’t have to do much to appear on the level and to trick office workers into providing the information that they need to access your data.
Has anyone in your office been contacted by such an individual? The sad truth is, you probably don’t know because they aren’t even unaware of it. This leaves you open to being fined by state and federal government agencies for being out of compliance with HIPAA, HITEC, and PCI. Not to mention the trouble, inconvenience, and monetary loss you are leaving your clients open to.
My company can easily help you avoid these scams and problems of not being in compliance. We offer two services which can be independent of each other to help keep your client data safe.
- Staff training to ensure data security. At a time of your choice, generally either before hours, during lunch closing, or after the office closes, I will come in and present training for your office personnel on how to avoid scams and stay in compliance. The training will be specific to your business type, and cover subjects such as how to be on the alert for sophisticated phishing scams, and safe and proper handling of sensitive client documents.
- Business or Practice Audit. We will thoroughly review your information processes, security procedures and technology usage. This will include a thorough review of the security measures you have in place in your actual computer systems.
We know that there are other important business items that you have to deal with on a more immediate basis. Personal information security may be a concern of yours, but it doesn’t make your Top Five List of current pressing business matters. However, if your data is seriously compromised it will cost your business a tremendous amount of money, and can even cost you your business or practice. Leaving data unsecured is like leaving your business without fire insurance, or running your health practice without malpractice insurance. Why leave yourself open to these risks, when they can be easily avoided?
If you would like to discuss how xxx xxxx xxxx can help you keep your client data safe, contact us today. We will be happy to speak to you regarding your individual business’s or practice’s needs.
Sincerely,