Industry studies have found that healthcare organizations are still not prepared for breach; but when it comes to meeting HIPAA compliance they can’t opt out. One of the areas of HIPAA compliance that requires attention is the sharing of health information with third parties.
Recently, Feinstein Institute, a research institution, agreed to pay $3.9 million for a HIPAA settlement; after a 2012 OCR health data breach investigation. A costly expense that could have been avoided if the institution had set up a holistic information security posture to cover all their bases.
Every business has cybersecurity concerns, but one industry that has been seeing the worst of it and that seems to be the least prepared with data security is healthcare. Recent industry studies and cyberattacks to healthcare organizations, only three months into a new year, raise even more concerns…
Taking advantage of the enterprise operations benefits that come with the cloud doesn’t have to come at a price. A look at practical information security steps helps businesses to overcome the security obstacles that continue to hinder cloud adoption…
More than one study reveal the trouble the healthcare industry continues having when it comes to information security and taking threats seriously. A brief outline of the different findings (from three separate surveys) can help to spotlight some of the issues at hand.