About bkrenek

Website: http://www.experian.com/databreach

Profile: As a Senior Director with Experian Data Breach Resolution, Bob Krenek is responsible for managing multiple national accounts including several within the financial and healthcare sectors. Bob has a depth of experience in data breach resolution and has managed many of the largest data breach incidents in the country including incidents in the government, healthcare and financial sectors. Bob has held numerous management positions in the banking industry and is currently the dedicated data breach resolution account manager for one of the nation’s largest healthcare plans. Prior to joining Experian, he served as vice president of sales and regional vice president for Clarke American where he managed the national sales force for the credit union division and regional sales force for the banking division. He was also an officer of the company. Bob received a bachelor’s administration degree in business from the University of Kentucky and has had continuing executive management training from J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Wharton School and Darden Graduate School of Business. He can be contacted at 770.619.1778 or bob.krenek@experian.com


Posts by bkrenek

Consumers yawn at healthcare fraud

Posted on Mar 29 2011 by

Today’s headlines trumpet yet another high-profile medical data breach, this time through Health Net. This corporate catastrophe reminds us of the increasing hazard of medical fraud, which is the most expensive and time consuming to resolve of all types of identity theft . The second annual National Study on Medical Identity Theft, fielded by the Ponemon Institute provides further insight into this pervasive problem and how it affects consumers.

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Scam report: shipping pirates

Posted on Mar 15 2011 by

With some precautions, your business can safely navigate through hazardous shipping channels without fear of data piracy.

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10 ways that breaches burn business

Posted on Feb 15 2011 by

Don’t let your bottom line go up in flames: understand how security breaches impact your business and take aggressive action to avert disaster.

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Stopping healthcare fraud with tools used in other industries

Posted on Feb 01 2011 by

Tweet A few weeks ago I discussed a few preventative measures a healthcare business can implement to protect itself from the damages of medical fraud.  However, the fight against medical fraud requires support from many groups, including the U.S. Government.  Bringing new tools to the fight, the Obama Administration recently announced aggressive new measures it [...]

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Helpful tips on data breach notification

Posted on Jan 04 2011 by

Tweet When a data breach occurs it is important to understand the breach notification laws in your State and what you have to do to abide by them. After contacting your legal counsel, the next stop you can make is the National Conference of State Legislatures which maintains a list of enacted and proposed security [...]

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What a healthcare business can do to prevent medical fraud

Posted on Dec 15 2010 by

Tweet Medical fraud is occurring at an alarming rate and is expected to cost the US healthcare system $100 billion a year.  Medical fraudsters vary in their sophistication and range from organized crime organizations to individuals preying on senior citizens.  For example, one crime syndicate stole the identities of doctors and thousands of patients to [...]

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Ensuring compliance with new healthcare legislation

Posted on Nov 23 2010 by

Tweet Legislation has been introduced in Congress to crack down on Medicare and Medicaid fraud. This legislation comes at a time when incidents of medical fraud are on the rise and the Obama Administration is poised to role out sweeping healthcare reform.  Medical fraud is estimated to cost the U.S. health care system $100 billion [...]

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Phishing attacks threaten your business

Posted on Nov 16 2010 by

Phishing attacks are on the rise. According to a Panda Security investigation, scammers are creating 57,000 fake websites a week to falsely represent 375 popular brand names.

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Help your customers protect their PHI

Posted on Sep 21 2010 by

Recently I addressed the importance of having plans in place to protect personal health information in light of the sharp increase in healthcare data breaches. Unfortunately, research studies are finding that incidents of fraud resulting from exposed healthcare data are on the rise.

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Do your business associates know how they will be affected by HITECH?

Posted on Sep 07 2010 by

Just as the healthcare industry came up to speed on the regulations defined in The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act, additional modifications are being proposed. These proposed rules focus on expanding obligations and penalties for covered entities (CEs) to now include business associates (BAs). So why is this significant?

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