[4 min read] Security standards, reports, and certifications are becoming essential for vendors and technology firms. Certifications, such as SOC 2,...

HITRUST Certification is growing in popularity. What started as a framework for the healthcare industry has now expanded to include other regulated...

You might have heard that HITRUST has launched a certification program for the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The new certification for NIST...

For CISOs, data risk is like a fire underfoot. Data’s very fluidity and its constant generation makes a complete lockdown impossible - no matter...

How do you choose the right compliance management software ? Technology can seriously streamline compliance management efforts and help you ...

After the Marriott data breach, the Quora breach, the Anthem breach, and the Uber breach… well, you get the picture. After all of these data...

While “Open Sesame!” might be one of the oldest passwords, the recent National Cyber Security Center list of regularly used passwords makes for...

You’ve likely heard about organizations having a culture of compliance but not as much about having a culture of cybersecurity. Yet as threats to our...

Data breaches aren’t just a problem for security professionals. The impact is felt across the whole business—from your legal team, embroiled in...

Did you know that small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may have a higher cybersecurity risk than larger counterparts when you consider...

Is news of a data breach becoming “white noise”? Thanks to the sheer frequency of data breaches, the general attitude toward online security is...

Cyber experts like former Federal CISO Gregory Touhill feel that managing risk is paramount to, and more effective than, trying to defend everything,...

No matter the criticism of the “rush job” regarding the newly passed AB375, the California Consumer Privacy Act, its underlying purpose makes it the...

That’s a million dollar question. No, really, it could literally cost you millions not to know. In doubt? Fresenius isn’t. It’s cost the dialysis...

It’s not uncommon today for businesses to outsource certain services to third-parties. However, with outsourcing, the risks of the service...

No one ever looks forward to a compliance audit. However, there are steps you can take to alleviate some of the pains felt before an audit, and it...

HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) recently announced that they have teamed up and...

After more than two years dealing with the menace of being held hostage by ransomware, cryptominers are the last thing healthcare IT and security...

When it comes to HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity, the danger comes with thinking one assures the other. It doesn’t.  Just skim the daily headlines...

Study Shows that Healthcare's Internal Security Breaches Exceed External Ones Was that Lady Gaga in the emergency room? What kind of procedure is my...

Phishing is quickly evolving to take advantage of that most difficult-to-prevent vulnerability: human error. A lack of security awareness can lead to...

If you collect any EU resident’s identifying data as broadly defined under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, aka GDPR, you now have...

One of the key objectives when developing an effective security and compliance management program is to remain interdependent of core systems.  While...

Security certifications are fast becoming need-to-haves for vendors and technology firms. Certifications, such as SOC 2, can offer a cost-efficient...

If you’re reading this blog, you’re likely very aware that HITRUST certification and its proprietary MyCSF (Common Security Framework) is...

With so much data being created, sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s sensitive data and what isn’t, what’s a risk to it and what’s not. This can be...

According to Kaspersky, a company is hit by ransomware every 40 second. There’s a lot that goes into handling a ransomware cyberattack, not the least...

When you’re a medical device manufacturer, your primary goal is to get your product into hospitals and care provider networks. The internet of things...

It’s a new year with a new budget, and a new year’s resolution for laser-focus on cybersecurity. That should be easier to keep than the ones for no...

It’s an all-too- common misunderstanding, but a robust information security program doesn’t mean you’re in compliance with whatever regulations...

As we wrap up 2017, the number of healthcare data breaches are up over 2016, with 41% caused by “insiders” per the Protenus Breach Barometer mid-year...

When you think about protecting sensitive data, do you think about privacy or security? It’s a trick question because the answer should be “Both.”...

As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month, keep in mind that cybercriminals are indiscriminate in who they attack. Large business, small business,...

For the last eighteen months or so, media coverage of healthcare hasn’t been focused so much on HIPAA regulations, but on the cybersecurity strength...

Reported data breaches show that HIPAA violation settlements are on the upswing, both in terms of the number of individuals affected and financial...

Whenever we read the latest headlines on cybercrimes and data breaches, it’s easy to slough it off as being something that only happens to the big...

Sixty percent of respondents to the 2017 Black Hat survey believe that a successful cyber attack on U.S. critical infrastructure will occur in the...

Data breaches are at an all-time high in 2017. Many organizations cover data under one big security blanket. But what if you’re missing some of the...

What is ISO-27001? ISO-27001 is a globally recognized security framework.  It aims to “provide a model for establishing, implementing, operating,...

SOC stands for Service Organizational Control. There are three types of SOC reports, but we’ll focus on the second one, which is “designed for the...

It’s reported to have been one of the largest cyber extortion attacks to-date. The WannaCry (aka WanaCryptor 2.0) ransomware attack hit globally and...

Why is healthcare so heavily and successfully targeted by cybercrime? It’s a tough question, but after a record number of breaches last year – nearly...

HITRUST. A term becoming increasingly popular in the healthcare arena. But what exactly is HITRUST? And what’s involved in becoming HITRUST certified?

According to research conducted by Intel in 2015, avoiding breaches and associated business impacts is the top privacy and security concern across...

Does a repeal or reworking of the Affordable Care Act mean that we should expect less focus on HIPAA and cybersecurity? Almost certainly not. In...

GUEST BLOG: Our guest blog post  this week is written by Chris Apgar, CEO of Apgar and Associates, LLC. Chris is a recognized expert in Information...

We are excited to have a guest blog post from Irina Ridley, Privacy and Compliance Officer for Omada Health.  Irina offers practical guidance  for...