HIPAA in a Minute Briefings
HIPAA | Corporate Compliance & Ethics | Information Privacy & Security | Cybersecurity
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HIPAA requires that someone within an entity be assigned the duties of the HIPAA Compliance Officer, covering both Privacy and Security Rule requirements.
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For its Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, Apple gave customers gift cards instead of slashing prices. While this makes sense for the company, (the gift cards could be used in stores or online) it's an approach that opens customers up to gift card scams. Those scams are starting to appear.
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HIPAAonCall is compliance program guidance and coaching delivered in "laser-focused" 15-minute sessions. Learn more.
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A hacking incident at a cloud-based EHR and practice management software vendor affects dozens of the company's pediatric practice clients and more than 2.2 million of their patients and other individuals.
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Entities cannot prevent data breaches or cyberattacks altogether, and avoiding a breach or cyber incident is nearly impossible in today's environment. Organizations can, however, take steps to reduce the negative impacts of an attack.
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Privacy standards are only going to increase. It's time for entities to get ahead of the coming reckoning. While there are still very limited privacy standards in the US, the Federal Trade Commission is on the warpath in regard to data privacy, and its reach includes actions against executives too. It's time for organizations to step up and start getting ahead of these privacy issues.
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An organization that considers paying a ransom must do so with the understanding that not only are there legal, reputational and business risks, but such a payment may not even mitigate the harm of the attack.
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