As a practice owner/manager you may have elected to allow some level of “personal access” to the Internet by your team members from the work place. If so, you may be placing your network, patient information and even the practice itself at risk! If you have “made the call” to allow your team to access the Internet from the workplace; strong measures should be taken to be certain that under no circumstances will such access run through your business network. In this day and age most practices provide Wireless Access to their patients. This access is (or should be!) on a separate “segment” from the business network. This is accomplished in a number of ways from creating a virtual LAN on the firewall, a DMZ or even obtaining a separate/dedicated Internet connection for public use. (“Never the twain shall meet” R. Kipling)
If you are set up in this manner, then this “public network” is the one that should be used for “personal use” and NOT the business network. If your network is NOT segmented this way, you should reach out to your IT Support Staff/Vendor to determine the steps in creating a “public” segment on your network. You should stop all personal use until a “public network” is configured. We discourage practices from allowing ANY AMOUNT of personal use of their network. Doing so adds an unnecessary risk to the practice and creates a number of compliance issues with HIPAA, PCI-DSS and a variety of other regulations regarding your obligation to protect your patients’ information. Edward Kopp / (480) 393-0424 / [email protected] / www.phoenixdentalit.com
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Phoenix Dental ITProviding expert technical support to Dental Practices in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area Archives
April 2017
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