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Cloud Computing Security and Privacy Controls

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Looking in the Mirror: HHS OIG Audit Demonstrates HHS Agency’s Own Need for Focus on Cloud Security

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The OIG, the nation’s leader in fighting fraud, waste and abuse of Medicare, Medicaid and other HHS programs, periodically publishes reports on how federal healthcare programs could improve....more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Cybersecurity FAR Rules Poised to Have a Major Impact on Contractors

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The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council on Oct. 3, 2023, issued two proposed rules to partially implement President Biden's Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity. The first proposed rule imposes...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

The Continuing Challenge of Cybersecurity Hygiene in Digital Health and Life Sciences

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A recent issue of MIT’s Technology Review magazine is titled, “Look how far precision medicine has come.“ At least part of the premise is that personalized medicine or precision medicine is not perceived as having made the...more

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Guidelines for Cloud Computing

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Most companies now use some form of cloud computing whether through software as a service, platform as a service, or infrastructure as a service. Cloud computing’s cost-effective scalability can offer significant advantages...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

HHS Issues Cloud Computing Guidance Which Is Helpful To All Users of Cloud Services

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Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provided guidance for HIPAA covered entities and business associates that use or want to use cloud computing services involving protected...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Settles with Manufacturer of Home Network Routers over Alleged Data Security Flaws

On February 23, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with computer hardware maker ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. (ASUS).1 The ASUS settlement highlights the FTC’s position regarding security in the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Cybersecurity Update - July 2015

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Employees are the front line of your information security defense. While technological protections are essential (for example, anti- virus software, firewalls, spam filters, etc.), none are as effective as a vigilant end...more

Adams and Reese LLP

Microsoft Adopts International Cloud Privacy Standard

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Public cloud computing services-- computing resources (such as networks, storage, applications, and services) purchased from another company (a “cloud services provider”)-- offer many potential benefits for businesses, among...more

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Newly-Adopted Privacy Standards for Cloud Service Providers

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The International Standards Organization’s new cloud standard, ISO 27018, strives to ensure that public cloud service providers (such as Amazon, Google, and Rackspace) “offer suitable information security controls to protect...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Global Sourcing Group -- Spring 2013

Every year, we survey Morrison & Foerster’s Global Sourcing Group lawyers around the world to create a snapshot of the current state of the global outsourcing market and to identify emerging trends that are likely to shape...more

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