How Organizations Can Respond Faster to Today's New Breed of Cyber-Attacks
Under the shadow of advanced security threats, only 20% of organizations rate their incident response programs as "very effective." Their biggest gaps: Being able to detect and contain malware, which can also be the precursor to advanced...
Getting buy-in for information security spending from those who hold the purse strings can be tricky unless risks are properly assessed and articulated. See how some healthcare security leaders tackle the budget challenge.
Security specialist David Newell outlines common pitfalls healthcare organizations need to avoid when conducting a risk analysis - such as focusing on an insufficient, narrow HIPAA compliance assessment.
New security threats demand a new approach to security management. Security teams need a security analytics architecture that can handle a much greater volume and wider scope of data than at present, not to mention provide them with tools to lead them quickly to the most pressing issues. They need threat intelligence...
The healthcare industry never stands still - new treatments, technological advancements and now the final HIPAA Omnibus Rule are constant reminders of
how the industry is evolving.
The Omnibus Rule is changing patient privacy and data breach response, not only for healthcare organizations but for business...
The Ponemon Institute, sponsored by Experian® Data Breach Resolution, conducted the "Securing Outsourced Consumer Data." The study surveyed over 700 individuals in organizations that transfer or share consumer data with vendors.
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The frequency of data...
The cost of a data breach or privacy violation goes far beyond compromised records to include hard-dollar expenditures for breach notification, credit monitoring, regulatory fines and legal fees. Not to mention the immeasurable cost of reputation loss.
To avoid these losses, security leaders are increasingly...
Business associates continue to play a starring role in many major health data breaches, the federal breach tally shows. But under HIPAA Omnibus, could even more business associates be implicated?
When a health information exchange shuts down, what happens to the patient data that was stored and shared? The leader of a recently closed HIE in Wisconsin explains its approach.
When it comes to HIPAA Omnibus Rule compliance, smaller physician practices must guard against complacency because they could be held accountable, warns compliance expert Marjorie Satinsky.
Healthcare CIOs need to take a clear leadership role on privacy and security matters, including compliance with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, says Russ Branzell, the new head of CHIME, a CIO association.
Business associates and subcontractors that handle protected health information must prepare for audits and enforcement actions under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, says security expert Susan Lucci.
The advocacy group Patient Privacy Rights has co-developed a "trust framework" that IT vendors and their clients can use to help measure compliance with privacy principles. But will it prove practical?
In the aftermath of a massive health data breach last year and a smaller incident this year, the state of Utah is taking a number of steps, including creating a data security office within the health department.
What's the cost to an organization when it suffers a security breach and breaks trust with its own customers? Jeff Hudson, CEO of Venafi, presents results of a new survey on the cost of failed trust.
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