On December 1, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided guidance on the intersection of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the use of...more
Recent ransomware attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure, which includes the energy sector’s production of oil and natural gas, and other sources of electricity and power, have shed a spotlight on the importance of...more
5/13/2021
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Your Organization’s best defense in an environment of aggressive regulators and litigious plaintiffs’ counsel is the completion of an enterprise risk assessment. Regulators and attorneys general are fining–sometimes hundreds...more
2/8/2019
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In its most recent cybersecurity initiative, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients, described as a set of...more