Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity for healthcare organizations to revisit the fundamentals. Strong, unique passwords remain one of the simplest ways employees can help protect sensitive information, accounts, and critical systems.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity to turn awareness into action. Throughout October, HIPAA Secure Now is sharing practical resources healthcare organizations can use to strengthen cybersecurity conversations, reinforce safer employee habits, and keep their workforce prepared all year long.
Workforce security goes beyond annual HIPAA training. Learn how proposed HIPAA Security Rule changes could introduce more specific expectations for employee training, security reminders, documentation, and timely removal of access to ePHI.
Signing a Business Associate Agreement is an essential part of HIPAA compliance, but effective vendor management does not stop there. Learn how healthcare organizations can identify, assess, monitor, and securely offboard vendors to better protect PHI and reduce third-party risk.
“Addressable” has never meant optional under the HIPAA Security Rule. But proposed changes could eliminate much of the flexibility associated with addressable safeguards. Learn what that could mean for healthcare organizations and why now is a good time to review your current security practices.
Proposed HIPAA Security Rule updates could introduce more structured vulnerability scanning and penetration testing requirements for covered entities and business associates. Learn how the two forms of testing differ, what the proposal may require, and how healthcare organizations can start preparing now.
Network segmentation can help healthcare organizations limit how far an attacker can move after gaining access to a system. Learn why identifying where ePHI lives is an important first step and how the proposed HIPAA Security Rule could strengthen expectations around protecting critical systems.
Patch management plays an important role in protecting ePHI and reducing cybersecurity risk. Learn how the proposed HIPAA Security Rule could introduce more formal patching timelines, documentation, and annual testing requirements for covered entities and business associates.
The proposed HIPAA Security Rule places greater emphasis on encryption as a core safeguard for protecting ePHI. Learn what the proposed rule changes could mean and the practical steps healthcare organizations can take today to strengthen security and prepare for future compliance requirements.
The proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule update could reshape patient access, care coordination, and privacy requirements for covered entities and business associates. Learn what the proposed changes include, when a final rule may be published, and the practical steps your organization can take to prepare now.
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