Education | Healthcare Assessments
By:
Schellman
November 18th, 2015
The more advanced technology gets, the more chief information security officers have to worry about. And with hackers waging significant wars on major organizations like JPMorgan Chase and Anthem, their job has become more important than ever.
Healthcare Assessments | Audit Readiness
By:
Doug Kanney
November 1st, 2015
The Health Information Trust Alliance is a U.S.-based organization that works with healthcare, technology and information security leaders to establish a Common Security Framework (CSF). A CSF is a body of controls for all organizations to follow to create, access, store and exchange private or regulated data. The Health Information Trust Alliance believes security should be a core pillar of health information systems and exchanges, not an obstacle to be hurtled, hence its mission to normalize security controls via the CSF. The CSF includes:
By:
Danny Manimbo
May 5th, 2014
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule which took effect on September 23, 2013, has led to the evolution of the HIPAA Compliance environment. Now more than ever it is important to understand what the security and privacy obligations are of a business associate (BA) or a subcontractor of a BA. BA’s are now mandated to comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security rule requirements. Below are some high level requirements that BA’s need to be aware of when assessing their compliance environment: