Tag: HIPAA

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) issued a document urging cloud service providers (CSPs) to prioritize security for maintaining robust business models and safeguarding cloud infrastructure. Organizations must understand the importance of logging, effective management, storage, and analysis of logs.…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) disclosed in its annual publication that the HHS faces significant challenges to both protect data and technology from persistent cybersecurity threats, while improving how the department…

A new policy paper has been released by a U.S. senator highlighting the vulnerability of the healthcare sector to cyberattacks brought about largely by the reliance on legacy technology. It also focuses on a highly varied attack surface that grows…

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) pressed upon the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a feedback mechanism to improve the effectiveness of its breach reporting process. HHS concurred with GAO's recommendation and described actions it would…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) received reports of data breaches from 578 healthcare organizations in 2021, impacting over 41.45 million individuals. Additionally, the agency revealed that 38 organizations affecting close to two million individuals were already…