Guidance on cyber security and data security of Dental Practice digital records

Dental Practice managers are responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of patient data – and for complying with a number of related industry standards and government legislation. This article, published in Dental Practice Magazine (Jan. 2017 edition) aims to help dental practices understand their obligations and provides a simple 3-step plan on improving in-house IT management to protect patient healthcare records.

PCI cyber security compliance for charity retailers

The PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) version 3.1 standard dictates that an internally managed network security scanning and log auditing process must be established by all retailers who handle major credit and debit cards – specifically they must perform routine systems vulnerability scans and auditing of server/network access log files – which sadly isn’t in place within many charity retail operations.