In times of widespread concern about cyberattacks and phishing attempts, it turns out that there’s a clear roadmap to protect your business from malicious hackers — your business only needs…

Healthcare organizations not only have to be HIPAA and HITECH compliant, but they also have to ensure that their business associates are compliant as well. Which makes sense; if electronic…

A little over ten years ago, in 2008, less than half of healthcare organizations used electronic health records (EHRs). Now, thanks to the passage of the Health Information Technology for…

There are plenty of industries with which government intervention plays a necessary role. Unarguably, they provide for national defense, a platform for international relations and foreign policy, and they ensure…

Over the past two decades, the healthcare industry has undergone a seismic shift in the way that processes are operated and regulated. Thanks to revolutionary technological innovations and several sweeping…

Ever since 1996, with the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare organizations have been assessing the risks that are associated with electronic health records (EHRs).…

Over the past two decades, many healthcare companies have struggled to transition from physical to digital record keeping as mandated by the HITECH Act. Naturally, the convoluted changes, standards, and…

One of the greatest perils the healthcare community must confront involves the ever-present danger of major information security threats. To make matters worse, these are not stagnant hazards; rather, they’re…

HITRUST vs. NIST With the passing of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996 came the need to update healthcare records onto electronic devices. Although, the adoption…

In the last decade, the world of cybercrime has been a growing industry. Per the Official 2019 Annual Cybercrime Report performed by the Herjavec Group, cybercrime is projected to create…