Deadline Reporting Small Breaches – March 2, 2018
HIPAA breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals, which occurred during 2017, must be reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Friday, March 2, 2018. When do Small Breaches need to be Reported? Every breach involving fewer than 500...
HIPAA Compliant Cloud Backup Services
This week, we’re defining cloud backup and explaining why it’s important, then we’ll take a look at several cloud backup HIPAA compliant vendors that specialize in small to medium-sized business solutions. The cloud vendors we chose to review are all willing to sign a...
Penetration Testing: Adding Value to Your Security Posture
As you strive to make HIPAA compliance one of the most important aspects of your organization, you likely have technology and procedures in place to protect yourself from data theft. 2017 has seen tons of ransomware attacks, and you don’t want to be a victim, too. You...
A Look Into an HHS OCR Desk Audit
Since 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been conducting Phase 2 of the HIPAA Audit Program. Through the use of desk audits, HHS has randomly requested documentation and evidence from organizations required...