There's still plenty of confusion about compliance with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule - and HIPAA in general. But regulators and experts clarified some important issues at a conference this week.
A House panel establishes a bipartisan supply chain working group to explore the federal government's role in helping industry assure that IT and telecommunications wares they buy abroad are safe from exploits.
What determines the size of a penalty for HIPAA violations? Find out what Leon Rodriguez, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, says are the key factors.
Facing advanced cyber-attacks, organizations must shift their focus to detection and mitigation, says ISACA's Jeff Spivey, who outlines four capabilities necessary for effective response.
Congress is highly unlikely to enact new laws to require industry to adhere to cybersecurity regulations. But that hasn't stopped a fierce debate among lawmakers and security experts on the value of such rules.
NIST's Ron Ross sees the cloud as helping to reduce the complexity of keeping data secure. But security expert Eugene Spafford of Purdue University offers a different viewpoint in the first part of a two-part joint interview.
A $400,000 federal penalty stemming from the investigation of a breach at a clinic owned by Idaho State University is the latest example of how even relatively small security incidents can trigger hefty sanctions.
When it resumes, the HIPAA compliance audit program will be more focused in terms of what's evaluated but will encompass a broader range of organizations, says Verne Rinker of the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its initial analysis of comments about a cybersecurity framework, a best practices guide President Obama ordered to be developed.
The Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium is refining a tool that cost-adjusts medical devices based on their security attributes. Learn more about the consortium's various initiatives.
Maintaining accurate logs of systems' activities is crucial in helping catch insiders who threaten an organization's digital assets, says George Silowash, co-author of the Common Sense Guide to Mitigating Insider Threats.
The latest statistics on major healthcare data breaches for 2013 are encouraging. But could we see a surge in breach reports after organizations begin using updated federal guidance about how to assess whether to report a breach?
A leader at health advocacy group Genetic Alliance explains the privacy and security measures of a new registry that's designed to enable patients to control how health data is shared with researchers.
Under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, security incidents are presumed to be reportable data breaches unless healthcare organizations demonstrate through a four-factor assessment that risks are low, explains privacy expert Kate Borten.
Homeland Security's inspector general office sees significant improvements in cyberthreat information sharing between the government and the private sector. But the IG says more must be done. Here's why.
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