by Julie Catron | Jan 31, 2024 | Blog
This past week, as a follow on to its cybersecurity strategy concept paper published in December, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) introduced Health and Public Health Sector (HPH) Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPG) to help healthcare organizations...
by Julie Catron | Jan 25, 2024 | Blog
Author: Joshua Frazee, Information Security Consultant Healthcare organizations haven’t always provided their Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, mainly their networks, with the necessary attention to ensure optimal performance and network cybersecurity. The...
by Julie Catron | Jan 10, 2024 | Blog
As regulators and consumers alike apply greater scrutiny to how patient data is being shared across the healthcare ecosystem, privacy impact assessments (PIA) have become an important tool for organizations to identify and address risks to personally identifiable...
by Julie Catron | Dec 14, 2023 | Blog
As organizations that are HITRUST certified, pursuing certification, or have been making plans to do so review the changes in version 11, there are many questions about what’s new and how the changes will impact their current or planned certification. We...
by Julie Catron | Dec 7, 2023 | Blog
As healthcare continues to top the list of industries targeted by cyberattacks—and has the highest cost of a breach of all industries—healthcare covered entities can no longer approach cybersecurity from a “what if” perspective, but when. And, while proactive,...
by Julie Catron | Nov 17, 2023 | Blog
Driven largely by an ongoing increase in ransomware attacks and payouts, cyber insurance carriers today require more stringent controls to get—and keep—coverage. What was once just a few questions are now applications and questionnaires that span many pages. And,...
