Real World Cost of a HIPAA Breach
When we talk about HIPAA compliance much of the emphasis is on avoiding Office of Civil Rights (OCR) fines and penalties. It is understandable that some of you may be skeptical about the threat of an audit happening to your company. However, the cost of a real world...
A Real World Breach – Why HIPAA Compliance Matters
Developing and implementing a HIPAA compliance plan can often seem like preparing for a tornado on a sunny day. You’ve never had a real-world breach before and you don’t foresee an OCR audit anytime in the near future. However, as one of our clients recently...
It’s Time to Report Small Breaches – Don’t Miss the Deadline
HIPAA breaches involving less than 500 individuals during the calendar year 2015 must be reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Monday, February 29th, 2016. Why Do Small Breaches Need to be Reported? Every breach involving fewer than 500...
What is a Zero-Day Security Flaw?
As you have been developing, updating and improving your HIPAA Security Plan, you have probably come across the term zero-day. To most IT departments this is a very common term; for the rest of us not only may it be new, but the words that come after it can sound...