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Posted by on in Data Breach
Data breach scenarios are the stuff of nightmares among IT security professionals, but logic tells them that it may only be a matter of time before their organizations fall victim to an external attack or internal mistake. When disaster strikes, the degree of damage is often dependent on how teams h...
Tagged in: Compliance Data Breach Data Encryption Data Security FISMA HIPAA PCI-DSS
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Posted by on in Compliance
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a long-awaited addendum to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The four previous provisions combined to create the comprehensive new rule, which is intended to bolster patient privacy protections while simul...
Tagged in: Compliance Healthcare HIPAA Meaningful Use
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Posted by on in Data Security
Effective cybersecurity is a highly mobile target, which makes threat information highly valuable for IT professions as they plan for which safeguards to implement. As eWeek columnist Robert Lemos recently noted, it can also serve as a justification for increases in data security spending. However, ...
Tagged in: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Compliance Data Breach Data Security HIPAA
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Posted by on in Data Breach
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently released a report analyzing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) data breach records. Noting that a large portion of these breaches involved lost or stolen laptops and mobile devices, the report concluded that data c...
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Posted by on in Compliance
Despite stringent regulatory mandates, the healthcare industry has been an avid adopter of new technology. Mobility in particular has proven to be a boon for doctors and other hospital staff. For this reason, looking at IT implementations within healthcare organizations can serve as a good way to le...
Tagged in: Cyberattacks Data Breach Data Protection Healthcare HIPAA HITRUST
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