Key Insights from the HIPAA Journal’s 2023 Report: Challenges and Solutions

Maintaining the privacy and security of patient information is of utmost importance in the healthcare industry, especially when addressing HIPAA compliance challenges.  Below, we explore key statistics from The HIPAA Journal’s State of HIPAA May 2023 report, shedding light on HIPAA compliance and the challenges healthcare entities face in protecting patient privacy.  The OCR: Enforcement, Challenges, and Settlements   In recent years, the HHS Office for Civil Rights ...

By |2025-04-28T02:25:40+00:00September 5th, 2023|Governance, Risk & Compliance: GRC|

Death, Taxes and Data Breaches

Live Webinar: Tuesday, August 29 2:00PM ET | 1:00PM CT | 11:00AM PT Join industry leaders SAI360 and RadarFirst for a spirited discussion where we’ll assess a real-world privacy incident to demonstrate how you can manage the full incident lifecycle. Gain valuable insights into compliance with notification obligations and strengthen your incident response playbook from discovery to case management, breach determination, decision-making, and notification. Don't ...

Cybersecurity Best Practices for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare organizations are facing increasing cybersecurity risks due to digitization. Cyberattacks can disrupt operations and even prove fatal for patients. Cybercriminals are increasingly sophisticated and well-funded. Healthcare organizations need adequate technology and controls in place to protect patient data and organizational operations.  Patient health information is valuable to cybercriminals and can be used for identity theft, fraud, and other crimes. Healthcare organizations need to be ...

By |2025-04-28T02:20:25+00:00May 8th, 2023|Healthcare GRC, IT Risk & Cybersecurity|

Healthcare Organizations Must Do More to Protect Patient Data from Breaches

Healthcare data breaches are on the rise. In March 2023, there were 63 healthcare data security breaches each impacting more than 500 patients reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR). For comparison, February 2023 had 43 and January had 40, reports HIPAA Journal.  This is a 46 percent increase from February, nearly seven percent more than the 12-month average, ...

By |2025-04-28T02:20:19+00:00May 1st, 2023|Compliance, Healthcare GRC, IT Risk & Cybersecurity|

Risk and Compliance Trends: Hot Topics at HCCA

We thought we’d analyze the topics, keynotes, and speaking tracks at the Health Care Compliance Association's (HCCA) 27th Annual Compliance Institute in Anaheim, California this week.   The word cloud below—which we created off the speaking tracks at the conference—shows the most common topics are HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance, data privacy and security, employee training, and organizational culture. Each of these ...

By |2025-04-28T02:17:32+00:00April 24th, 2023|Compliance, Healthcare GRC|

Smart Cyber Defenses Demand a Strategic Approach and Recognized Best Practices (PDF)

Thank you for your interest in the Smart Cyber Defense Whitepaper. Download Healthcare executives are facing significant cybersecurity challenges. This is due to the highly digitized industry landscape. And healthcare’s larger attack surface compared to other industries. In the meantime, cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and strategic. These often involve organized criminals and cyber gangs that are highly trained, well-funded, and sometimes even protected by ...

5 Tips to Make Cyber Security in Australia a Business Priority

With over 200 reported cyber incidents every day, Australia is known as one of the most hacked countries in the world. Cyber security in Australia is very much needed. Australia's federal government recently issued the Enforcement Act with harsh penalties to incentivize businesses to improve privacy and data security measures. Penalties for severe and repeated interferences with privacy increased from 2.2 million to 50 million ...

By |2025-04-28T02:13:28+00:00March 14th, 2023|IT Risk & Cybersecurity|

Focus on Fundamentals for IT Security and Risk Management

Security and risk management (SRM) leaders are challenged today by the demands of their positions and expectations from stakeholders. Customers, regulators, auditors, and senior management want different things from SRM leaders. Identifying the processes and services that will demonstrate the value and communicate metrics and information sought by stakeholders is also difficult. Meanwhile, SRM leaders face regulatory requirements that are either new or continuously changing. ...