It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. High on the regulatory watch list for the healthcare sector is ...

A number of healthcare professionals and businesses are susceptible to violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) due to outright security failures and compliance ...

Understanding best practices for mobile device security in today’s healthcare environment can be challenge for many organizations. As mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones become more ...

The HHS wants to update the HIPAA security rule for the first time in more than a decade to bolster healthcare cybersecurity, regulators said late last month. The Office for Civil Rights, which ...

The University at Buffalo Information Technology (UBIT) operates as a covered entity as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights. HIPAA Regulation Text 45 CFR ...

If you work in the healthcare industry, chances are that you’re no stranger to HIPAA regulation. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 required the creation of national ...

The HIPAA Security Rule was drafted in 1998, just two years out from what most believe was the first recorded mention of the term "cloud computing" (in a 1996 internal business report from Compaq), ...

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Health-care organizations need to up their defenses as cyber attacks increasingly hit the sector. Focusing on identity and access management, patching key vulnerabilities, providing training on ...

CATEGORY: Physical Safeguards TYPE: Addressable Implementation Specification for Facility Access Controls Standard CITATION: 45 CFR 164.310(a)(2)(ii) The University at Buffalo Information Technology ...