Kate Borten

President, The Marblehead Group

Borten, founder of The Marblehead Group, provides her clients with expertise in security, privacy, and health IT from over 20 years inside the healthcare industry. In the 1990s she led the enterprise-wide security program at Massachusetts General Hospital; and as Chief Information Security Officer, she established the first information security program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and CareGroup in Boston. Borten is a nationally-recognized expert on HIPAA and health information privacy and security, a frequent speaker on these topics, and author of tools and books including HIPAA Security Made Simple (HCPro 2013). The Marblehead Group, founded in 1999, provides HIPAA privacy and security risk assessments, compliance auditing, training, and solutions to the healthcare industry. Clients include the full range of providers, health plans, and business associates.

The New Healthcare Challenge: Ransomware and Incident Response

Presented by Kate Borten • July 11, 2016

All industries are adversely affected by the growing number of cyberattacks. But for the healthcare sector, with its large volume of structured patient information and patient care's increasing reliance on the use of electronic data - the growing sophistication of the attacks has forced it to focus on cybersecurity as...

Preparing for and Passing an OCR HIPAA Audit

Presented by Kate Borten , Adam Greene • June 11, 2015

The HHS Office for Civil Rights' much-delayed resumption of its random HIPAA compliance audit program is expected in the coming months. So now is the time to prepare. This session will cover the highest priority tasks that should be started immediately if not already underway to help lay the groundwork for a...

Preparing for and Passing an OCR HIPAA Audit

Presented by Kate Borten , Mitch Parker • April 22, 2015

Data Protection Strategies for Healthcare

Presented by Kate Borten , Leslie Sistla • April 22, 2015

With PHI and PII increasingly becoming targets for theft - and steady rise of the resulting embarrassment, fraud, prosecutions and penalties - we need to take a fresh look at how best to protect this data from being exposed in the first place. An effective data protection strategy can only be arrived at by considering...

3 Tips for Improving Breach Response

Kate Borten • February 2, 2015

Breaches can happen even when there are strong protections in place. But healthcare organizations can do more to prepare for breaches and respond in the best possible way to protect patient information.

Breach Prevention: Year-End Insights

Kate Borten • December 27, 2013

One key way to reduce the risk of a breach is continuous improvement of information security programs. It's dangerous to put security controls in place and then walk away, thinking you're finished, warns security expert Kate Borten.

HIPAA Omnibus: Determining Breaches

Kate Borten • July 9, 2013

Some organizations may need to reconsider how they assess whether incidents are reportable breaches under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, explains privacy expert Kate Borten.

Managing Business Associates: Practical Guidance

Presented by Kate Borten • August 1, 2011

Developing good relationships with business associates is an essential component of an information security strategy. It also helps to ensure compliance with HIPAA and the HITECH Act and to avoid breaches. Join us for this webinar, where a leading health information security expert will address such issues...

Borten: Access Reports Deserve Support

Kate Borten • June 7, 2011

Security expert Kate Borten contends the proposed accounting of disclosures rule's requirement to provide patients with a report listing those who have accessed their records is a good idea.

HIPAA & HITECH Updates: The Vendors' Guide to the Security Essentials

Presented by Kate Borten , Tom Walsh • August 2, 2010

Sorting through all the complex security details in three new federal regulations is challenging -- but essential. These rules could help set a healthcare organization's security priorities. And whether you're a business associate directly impacted by the regulations, or a service vendor helping organizations be...

HIPAA Modifications & HITECH Rules: A Guide to the Security Essentials

Presented by Kate Borten , Tom Walsh • July 16, 2010

Sorting through all the complex security details in three new federal regulations is challenging -- but essential. These rules could help set your organization's security priorities. Join us for this exclusive session in which noted experts will pinpoint the key provisions of a proposal to modify the HIPAA privacy...