The key to effective breach response is to not take a one-size-fits-all approach, says attorney Ronald Raether, who outlines top strategies organizations should consider when dealing with an incident.
In the aftermath of a major breach incident, Partners Healthcare in Boston is taking a series of steps to change the corporate culture to emphasize the importance of privacy and security.
Healthcare organizations have plenty of HIPAA Omnibus Rule compliance work to finish by the September deadline. But when it comes to getting outside help, it pays to do your homework.
The new, much more objective guidance for reporting breaches that's included in the HIPAA omnibus rule will result in an increase in notifications, predicts privacy law expert Marcy Wilder.
"The attackers were extremely sophisticated, and we believe other companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked," Twitter's Bob Lord says.
In the aftermath of a data breach last year that affected 780,000 individuals, Utah legislators are considering a bill that would mandate state agencies identify and implement best practices for protecting data.
Privacy and security leaders, including John Houston at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, are evaluating the changes needed to comply with the HIPAA omnibus final rule. Find out what's on their to-do lists.
In this week's breach roundup, read about a stem cell bank reaching a settlement with the FTC tied to a 2010 breach and an investigation into unauthorized access to an Alabama state computer network.
Using technology to prevent breaches is insufficient. Security leaders also must address the human factor, making sure staff members receive appropriate training on clear-cut policies - before it's too late.
Smaller companies are among the business associates and subcontractors most likely to face the biggest hurdles in sorting through the new compliance requirements of the final HIPAA omnibus rule.
Managing advanced persistent threats will be a priority throughout 2013, says RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz. How should organizations defend themselves against APTs and the year's other top security threats?
"We're going to have to find a way to address the interests of other states to ... find common ground," Secretary of State John Kerry says. "We're just going to have to dig into it a lot deeper. I don't have a magic silver bullet to throw at you here today."
Susan McAndrew of the HHS Office for Civil Rights offers a detailed analysis of the final omnibus rule, which extensively modifies HIPAA and provides new guidance about when to report a breach.
The new omnibus rule makes it clear that business associates must comply with HIPAA. And the latest additions to the federal health data breach tally put a spotlight on why some BAs need to improve patient data protection.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including the fourth major breach affecting Stanford University medical facilities and a vendor misplacing information on 6,000 Utah Medicaid clients.
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