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What Experts Have to Say About Choosing the Right Cybersecurity Frameworks

Frameworks like the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls, MITRE ATT&CK and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework give organizations clear, step-by-step methodologies for protecting their sensitive data, leveraging a wealth of industry knowledge to take the guesswork out of your security program.While...
Compliance
CIS Controls
FISMA
GDPR
HIPAA
NERC CIP
NIST
PCI DSS
SOX
Proposed HIPAA Update Makes Yearly Pen Testing Mandatory
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Proposed HIPAA Update Makes Yearly Pen Testing Mandatory

By Katrina Thompson on Wed, 05/28/2025
In January of this year, significant changes to the HIPAA Security Rule were proposed by the Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR).The proposed update to the HIPAA Security Rule, published on January 6, 2025, introduces a significant new requirement: all covered entities and business associates must conduct penetration testing of their electronic information...
Cybersecurity
Compliance
HIPAA
How to Stay Compliant with the New HIPAA Security Rule Updates
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How to Stay Compliant with the New HIPAA Security Rule Updates

By Kirsten Doyle on Wed, 05/14/2025
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) was established to protect patient privacy and secure health information. While it has been around for nearly two decades, it is evolving to keep up with an increasingly digital world and in response to the skyrocketing number of cyber attacks the industry sees every year.On December 27, 2024, the Department of Health and Human...
Compliance
HIPAA
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CMS ARS: A Blueprint for US Healthcare Data Security and Compliance

By Kirsten Doyle on Thu, 03/20/2025
Protecting sensitive patient information is more critical than ever. With technologies evolving at a breakneck pace and the number of cyber threats targeting healthcare entities in the United States skyrocketing, healthcare organizations must have robust policies and guardrails in place to ensure patients' confidential information doesn't fall into the wrong hands.One of the essential frameworks...
Compliance
HIPAA
How to Secure Your Information on AWS: 10 Best Practices
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How to Secure Your Information on AWS: 10 Best Practices

By Katrina Thompson on Wed, 03/19/2025
About one in three organizations that leverage cloud service providers (CSPs) use Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to November 2024 research from Synergy Research Group. This means two things. One is that when attackers are looking to get the most out of a single exploit, they will likely craft them to target AWS systems. And two, that AWS data security best practices are a timely topic for a...
Cybersecurity
Cloud Security
AWS Security
Tips for Ensuring HIPAA Compliance
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Tips for Ensuring HIPAA Compliance

By Guest Authors on Wed, 01/17/2024
Like every other industry, the healthcare sector is barely recognizable when compared to its state 20 years ago. It, too, has been transfigured by technology. While this has brought many impactful benefits, it has also introduced at least one major challenge: keeping sensitive patient information private.At the heart of this privacy challenge stands...
Compliance
HIPAA
Why Therapists need Data Protection and Cybersecurity
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Why Therapists need Data Protection and Cybersecurity

By Gary Hibberd on Tue, 01/16/2024
Cybersecurity in Mental Healthcare - The Overlooked RiskDid you know the New-Age Therapeutic sector is unregulated? If that surprises you, then you’re not alone. I was a little surprised, too. Yes, there are various professional bodies a practitioner can join, and there are courses they can attend, but they aren’t forced to. It should be noted that...
Cybersecurity
Compliance
HIPAA
Plastic surgeries warned by the FBI that they are being targeted by cybercriminals
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Plastic surgeries warned by the FBI that they are being targeted by cybercriminals

By Graham Cluley on Wed, 10/18/2023
Plastic surgeries across the United States have been issued a warning that they are being targeted by cybercriminals in plots designed to steal sensitive data including patients' medical records and photographs that will be later used for extortion. The warning, which was issued by the FBI yesterday and is directed towards plastic surgery offices...
Cybersecurity
Compliance
HIPAA
Guide

Meeting Multiple Compliance Objectives Simultaneously With the CIS Controls

The CIS Controls are a set of recommendations comprised of controls and benchmarks. They are intended to serve as a cybersecurity “best practice” for preventing damaging attacks. The recommendations are meant to provide a holistic approach to cybersecurity and to be effective across all industries. Adhering to them serves as an effective foundation for any organization’s security and compliance...
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CIS Controls
FISMA
GDPR
HIPAA
NIST
PCI DSS
Datasheet

Tripwire ExpertOps and HIPAA Compliance

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) by mandating procedures and controls to assure the public that critical and private information is controlled from loss of confidentiality, integrity or availability. With few exceptions, an organization is subject to HIPAA if it exchanges data related to the health care...
Compliance
HIPAA
Datasheet

The Tripwire HIPAA Solution

The United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, was enacted to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) by mandating procedures and controls to assure the public that critical and private information is controlled from loss of confidentiality, integrity or availability. With few exceptions, an organization is subject to HIPAA if it exchanges data...
Compliance
HIPAA
Datasheet

Maintaining the Security and Integrity of Electronic Health Record Systems

The value of electronic health record (EHR) systems is immense. These digital records are designed to be available anytime and anywhere, connecting healthcare providers with patient data. EHRs are a central repository of patient medical histories, medications, diagnoses, immunization dates, allergies, lab results and radiology images. With access to this accurate patient information, providers can...
Compliance
HIPAA
NIST