Password Guidelines Updated by NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its password guidelines in accordance with new research. The U.S. government requires its agencies to follow these guidelines, and many other organizations would benefit from implementing these...
Ransomware Attacks Directed at Businesses Grow
Ransomware attacks have surged in the last year.¹ Healthcare providers and other businesses have fallen victim. Previously, these cyberattacks mostly targeted individuals, who often paid only a few hundred dollars to retrieve their files. Now, many businesses have...
CCPA and HIPAA: Important Intersections
What is CCPA? The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. This prompted many to ask: how does CCPA impact Covered Entities who comply with the HIPAA law? CCPA is a California state law that establishes new consumer rights relating...
FREE Report: New NY Financial Services Department Regulation
What does the new NY State Financial Services Department Regulation (23 NYCRR 500) have to do with HIPAA? These two laws have very similar cybersecurity requirements for Covered Entities. Most importantly, this law applies to everyone doing business in New York. Even...
Microsoft End of Support for 2020
Every year, we publish Microsoft’s End of Support list because using up-to-date programming is key for HIPAA compliance. Microsoft will terminate support for earlier versions of a long list of its products beginning January 14, 2020. This means Microsoft will no...
GLBA & HIPAA: How They Overlap
What is GLBA? This week, we are devoting our blog post to a topic we receive many questions about: What is GLBA and how does it relate to HIPAA? What responsibilities do financial institutions have in protecting NPI? GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999), ...
How to Stay HIPAA Compliant with Audit Logs
Audit logs are a critical – not to mention required – way for your company to monitor activity on your network. A newsletter on the importance of importance of HIPAA logging requirements states this:1 “Audit logs are records of events based on...
HIPAA Compliant Cloud Backup Services – Which One Fits Your Needs?
HIPAA compliant cloud backup is a must for all businesses that store sensitive data, like PHI (Protected Health Information). It is a storage strategy that makes an identical copy of your information and transfers it via the Internet to an off-site server. Data can...