IT and PCI Compliance
Intro to ChatGPT for Data Analysis
In today's data-driven world, extracting meaningful insights from data is essential for making informed decisions. Data analysis has evolved into a critical skill, extending beyond specialized roles to nearly every profession. Whether in business strategy, product development, customer insights, or operational efficiency, the ability to analyze data effectively is what separates those who succeed from those..
Auditing Information Security Using ISO 27001
ISO 27001 describes how to manage information security in a company. According to its documentation. ISO 27001 was developed to "provide a model for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving an information security management system." By applying ISO 27001 standards effectively in your organization you can ensure robust security for your organization's vital inf..
PCI Compliance – What Your Company Needs to Do to Get There
Your company must be PCI compliant if it receives payments in the form of credit cards, checks and wires? As our technology base in the world has improved and made our lives easier, so has the threat of having our identities stolen. Each year we hear of several companies that have experienced data breaches and the major negative impact it has on all consumers. Data breaches are not only detrimental to consu..
Technical Managers: Hired for hard skills & fired for soft skills
The basics of great management are the same whether in the technical or non-technical sphere because you are dealing with human beings. The key is to develop a plan to implement all assignments by delegating the detailed tasks to technical professionals to execute using proven methodologies and keeping individuals motivated. Coaching each person to get the results you are responsible for and helping each pe..
HIPAA Audits – an Insiders Perspective
I will be speaking to real life audits conducted by the Federal government for Phase 2 and beyond (I’ve been on both sides of these audits) what your highest risks are for being fined (some of the risk factors may surprise you). It seems almost daily I am receiving calls from nervous practice managers and compliance officers all over the USA regarding a HIPAA audit letter or call they have received. This le..
HIPAA training for the Compliance Officer
This webinar will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order before the imminent audits occur. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2018. Areas also covered will be texting, email, encryption, medical messaging, voice data and risk factors as they relate to IT. The primary goal is to ens..
HIPAA vs SAMHSA (42 CFR Part 2)
This lesson will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to ensure their organization is complying with the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) regulations (42 CFR Part 2) and how this differs from the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Privacy and Security Regulations. Both regulations carry significant civil and even c..
How ISO/IEC 27001 Can Help Achieve GDPR Compliance & Reduce Data Breach Risks
Organizational IT usage categorization can be either support transaction processing or decision-making. Transaction-based information systems process data for routine business activities, whereas a decision-based information system commonly advises managers and professionals in non-routine judgments. Accordingly, information systems represent an architectural component that collects data, processes transact..
How to Apply ISO 27001 Principles to Enterprise Risk Management In 2018
ISO 27001 describes how to manage information security in a company. According to its documentation, ISO 27001 was developed to "provide a model for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving an information security management system." By applying ISO 27001 standards effectively in your organization you can ensure robust security for your organization's vital inf..
Information Cyber Security Planning for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Framework - Organization and Responsibilities
Information Cyber Security Planning for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) is essential in this world of new technologies, cyber events, natural and manmade disasters. GRC refers to a company's coordinated strategy for managing the broad issues of corporate governance, enterprise risk management (ERM) and corporate compliance with regard to regulatory requirementsEnterprise IT Governance, Risk, Complianc..
Medical Device Software 62304 Compliance
The webinar will leave you with the information needed to create and maintain good documentation that meets FDA compliance standards. You will learn about what must be done and what must not be done. In addition, you’ll learn about the various computer system validation deliverables and how to document them. This session will provide insight into the IEC 62304 standard as it is applied to medical device sof..
Office 365 Demystified: Groups, Teams & SharePoint
Often the user community has moved from a well-understood structure of network shared drives and email attachments to, what must seem like, the wild west. In this program, we will pull back the covers on the structures used to organize people and share information in an Office 365 world. You’ll get a look at Teams App, Outlook, SharePoint, and how these work together to create a collaboration platform for y..
On The Alert: Crafting An Effective Incident Response Plan (IRP)
There are a variety of potential IT service threats that can convert to intentional or unintentional incidents requiring adequate IT service support. If restoring service normalcy as swiftly as possible and minimizing adverse impacts on entity operations are the primary incident management process goals, then IT support personnel achievement of expected performance levels ensures maintaining the highest pos..
PM Skills for BAs-Planning, Estimating, and Controlling BA Work
Is poor project management impacting your effectiveness? What can you do about it? How’s that working out? Historically, Business Analysts (BAs) and Project Managers (PMs) focus on and are trained in separate skill sets. BAs focus on requirements definition, whereas PMs concentrate on budgets, schedules, resources, and tasks. Having both PM and BA present on a project presumably enables covering all bases w..
Putting Business and Analysis back in Business Analysis
Do you sense business analysis and business analysts are falling behind? Is it as fulfilling as you’d like or expect, and do others give it the respect it needs and deserves? For instance, increasingly business analysts seem left out of Agile projects. These all can be signals business analysis is failing to provide adequate business value. It may merely reflect difficulty communicating value that actually ..