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We know you have a lot of questions. That’s why our team has curated top-notch resources to help you along your healthcare cybersecurity and compliance journey.

EHRs and Ransomware: Protecting Your Crown Jewel
Throughout this past fall, international criminal organizations asserted their dominance over the healthcare sector through ransomware.

Getting Proactive about the Ransomware Threat
Throughout this past fall, international criminal organizations asserted their dominance over the healthcare sector through ransomware.

Yesterday’s Cyber Risk is not Today’s Cyber Risk
Over the past 10 years, the healthcare industry’s understanding of cyber risk has evolved through four distinct phases, emphasizing four different aspects of cyber risk. Understanding these four different phases gives context for where healthcare cyber risk began and where it is now.

HIPAA Privacy Rule: Potential Impacts of Proposed Changes
This past Thursday, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a statement of intent to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Advancing Cyber Risk Management in our Nation’s Hospitals
The threat landscape and attack surface are evolving rapidly, and the healthcare ecosystem is becoming more interconnected. While some healthcare providers are systematically analyzing and responding to risks across the enterprise, the majority are not.

5 Keys to Building a Cyber Risk-Aware Culture
Healthcare organizations are experiencing a renewed onslaught of cyber attacks since the advent of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lessons from Real-Life Crash Courses in Patient Safety and Cybersecurity
September was a challenging month for healthcare cybersecurity professionals.

7 Ways to Ensure Your Incident Response Plan Is Incident-Ready
It’s 4:45 p.m. on a Friday. You’ve had a great week. You’re busy shutting down all your equipment and are ready to head home when a colleague peeks into your office.

Are We There Yet? Delivering on the Promise of Digitizing Healthcare Information
On May 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two Final Rules in the Federal Register targeted at improving interoperability and patient access to health information.

New Multi-Million Dollar Office for Civil Rights’ Settlements Re-Affirm Risk Analysis & Risk Management as HIPAA Enforcement Priorities
The enforcement actions, which settled violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules, were related to breaches of electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) affecting millions of individuals.

Where Telehealth is Going and What It Means for Cybersecurity
Telehealth. It’s critical for healthcare across the nation today, but how will it fare once the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic tapers off?

The State of Privacy Law in California and What It Means for Healthcare
California is one state that has done quite a bit to go beyond the protections provided under HIPAA, as reflected by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that is now in force in the state.