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OCR to resume HIPAA privacy audits after 7-year gap
After a seven-year break, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) restarts its HIPAA privacy audits because of the surge in cyberattacks targeting healthcare organizations.
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Monument Health patients affected by Change Healthcare data breach
Monument Health has become the latest healthcare provider to report its fallout due to the Change Healthcare data breachthat was discovered in...
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Regional Care Inc. data breach exposes sensitive information of 225K
Regional Care, Inc. (RCI) recently announced a data breach that exposed the sensitive information of over 225,000 individuals. The breach, detected...
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How AI and automation are changing the face of HIPAA compliance
The advancement of technology, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, is challenging traditional approaches to healthcare data...
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How AI is revolutionizing email breach detection and response
Email-based threats have become one of the most pervasive cybersecurity challenges, affecting 90% of global organizations and causing an estimated...
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Phishing attacks in healthcare: How to protect your organization in 2025
According to a study inBMJ Health Care Informatics, 2-3% of email and internet traffic in healthcare organizations is flagged as suspicious, equating...
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What is a zero-day attack?
A zero-day exploit, also known as a zero-day threat, is an attack that targets a security vulnerability for which no patch or fix is available. The...
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The impact of HIPAA violations on patient care
When HIPAA guidelines are violated, it can lead to psychological and emotional consequences, social and interpersonal impacts, erosion of trust in...
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What happens when you fail to send a breach notification
The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ensures that covered entities promptly inform individuals when there is a breach of their Protected Health...
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What are attack surfaces and how do cybercriminals exploit them?
Attack surfaces are all the points where an unauthorized user can access a system and extract data. Cloudflare states, “It is essentially like all...
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How to prepare for an HHS investigation after a breach
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Privacy and Security Rules in several ways:
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What is an incident response plan?
An incident response plan (IRP) is a well-structured approach that outlines how an organization prepares for, detects, responds to, and recovers from...
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Differences between an IDS and IPS
According to a study by Georgia State University, an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is designed to monitor network traffic or system activities for...