HIPAA Hits the Cloud
New guidance from the Office of Civil Rights makes clear: HIPAA’s privacy protections extend to cloud providers, too.
New guidance from the Office of Civil Rights makes clear: HIPAA’s privacy protections extend to cloud providers, too.
The hack of Newkirk Products, a little known provider of medical ID cards, underscores the dangers third parties pose to regulated health data.
A case involving a Canadian healthcare group alleges that patient records were left exposed to a medical assistant and “Peeping Tom” who abused her access to snoop on patients’ confidential data – including information on her sister.
There has been much discussion recently around the insecurity of medical devices, yet attackers are still determining how to best leverage these devices once compromised. What does this mean for device manufacturers and the medical facilities that use them?
A panel on security in the healthcare field at the South by Southwest Festival reveals the diversity of threats to health data.
After the "year of the healthcare breach," many healthcare organizations are taking steps to improve their data protection strategies to meet regulatory requirements and secure health information against costly data breaches. Here's an overview of the data protection requirements for compliance and beyond.
A report from Verizon finds that leaks of protected health information are epidemic, as more, different types of organizations are called on to track and store health data.
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center will pay $850,000 for losing data on just 600 patients. The cause? Weak security for medical devices.
Once patient data has been migrated to the cloud securely, it will require ongoing protection against loss or unauthorized access. Follow these four steps to keep cloud-based data protected in an ongoing basis.
Follow these steps to ensure a smooth and secure migration to the cloud.