This blog is based on session 2 from our 5-part webinar series, "HIPAA Audits Are On The Way—Are You Ready?" Watch the replay here. For the past 25 years, government bodies and other regulatory agencies have been working to improve security and privacy protections for...
This article is based on Session 1 of our recent 5-part webinar series, "HIPAA Audits Are On The Way—Are You Ready?" Watch the replay here. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is launching a new round of HIPAA compliance audits for covered entities and business...
Experts Advise Health Sector to Take Steps as UnitedHealth Group Cleans Up Mess
Cyberattacks are not just about data; they can disrupt critical healthcare services.
Healthcare is under attack, but there are proven ways to obtain cyber assurance to break the ongoing reactive cycle against evolving cyber threats. Learn directly from HITRUST and Clearwater the insights to measurably and materially reduce cyber breaches. In this...
In February, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its updated Cybersecurity Framework (CSF 2.0), which included a newly added Govern function, as well as target profiles to help companies better evaluate and improve their cybersecurity strategies.
The agency says threat actors are targeting organizations’ IT help desks with phone calls from a local area code claiming to be revenue cycle or administrator employees. After gaining access, they divert legitimate payments.
Company Makes Progress Restoring IT Services, But Disruption Lingers
The outage shows why health systems need to plan for inevitable cyberattacks, evaluating risks to their operations and financials and putting backups in place, experts say.