Below are some links to trusted government websites that can provide free resources to help organizations assess their cybersecurity maturity and keep informed of vulnerabilities, threats, and general information affecting the Health Sector. HIPAA Security Rule Crosswalk Health Industry Cybersecurity ...
HIPAA training is a requirement for all Covered Entities, their employees, and their Business Associates and staff. HIPAA training should be conducted upon hire. In addition, best practice is for HIPAA training to be completed for all staff on a ...
HHS OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN ACTION September 23, 2020 HIPAA Business Associate Pays $2.3 Million to Settle Breach Affecting Protected Health Information of Over 6 million Individuals September 25, 2020 Health Insurer Pays $6.85 Million to Settle Data Breach ...
Healthcare providers struggle with managing cybersecurity, from retaining security staff to budget constraints, which makes it difficult to properly secure the organization. In response, industry stakeholders have provided free cybersecurity resources to support the healthcare organizations and keep up with ...
Many healthcare organizations have automated systems in place that actively scan their networks for suspicious activity and some even have their own Security Operation Centers (SOC) for the same purpose. Unfortunately, the healthcare industry still faces cybersecurity challenges including: ...
The Disaster Recovery Plan is a required implementation, defined within the HIPAA Contingency Plan standard in the Administrative Safeguards section of the HIPAA Security Rule. The Rule calls for HIPAA-compliant organizations to anticipate how natural or man-made disasters could damage ...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires every Covered Entity (CE) and their Business Associates (BA) that “handle” Protected Health ...
The hacker known as TrueFighter has reemerged with a campaign actively targeting the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) across all sectors, with those in the healthcare industry as the most popular (leading) target. As you may know, RDP is Microsoft’s remote ...
Whether you are a large or small organization – a hospital or surgery center, or a one or two ...
HIPAA requirements inform you as to what should be done, but not how to do it. Policies versus ...
If You Depend On Your Computer Network To Run Your Business, This Is One Report You DON’T Want To Overlook!
January 19th, 2021
January 19th, 2021