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Proposed HIPAA Update Makes Yearly Pen Testing Mandatory

By Katrina Thompson on Thu, 07/17/2025
In early 2025, significant changes to the HIPAA Security Rule were proposed by the Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR). The proposed update to the HIPAA Security Rule, published on January 6, 2025, introduces a significant new requirement: all covered entities and business associates must conduct penetration...
Penetration Testing
Compliance
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Adapting to a Changed World: 6 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021

Tue, 12/22/2020
As a new year looms bright with possibility in front of us, how can we prepare for a world that looks profoundly different than it did a year ago? On the cybersecurity front, we can always anticipate continuing battles with familiar foes, as well as a few new challenges on the horizon. Though we may not have a crystal ball, based on our observations and discussions, here are six predictions for...
Penetration Testing
Threat Detection
PAM
IGA
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Healthcare Identity Governance in the Era of COVID-19: Five Critical Issues Your Organization Can’t Afford to Overlook

Wed, 07/15/2020
The impact of COVID-19 has been far-reaching across nearly every sector. But none has been so greatly disrupted as the healthcare industry. Managing through this crisis has required healthcare systems to expand some aspects of their workforce and redeploy others virtually overnight in order to transform the way they offer services to patients. Redeploying resources, leveraging a mobile workforce,...
IGA
IT Security
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Interview with a Healthcare Security Expert: William "Buddy" Gillespie, HCISPP

Thu, 05/28/2020
In November we started a wonderful webinar series with industry leader William "Buddy" Gillespie, HCISPP and we introduced that series with a sit down interview. Yesterday, we concluded the series with a webinar titled "Healthcare 2020: Focus on the Future". While the webinar series may be over, our partnership with Buddy will continue and we would like to continue to showcase his knowledge...
Compliance
Data Security
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How to Mitigate Data Breaches in Healthcare IT

Wed, 05/27/2020
What once was only science fiction is now our reality, anything and everything can be hacked. For healthcare providers, ‘anything’ includes not only patient records and claims information, but sentient things like drug pumps and pacemakers. In addition, healthcare has operational functionality that make this space particularly challenging. The mobility challenge is particularly unusual because the...
IT Security
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Healthcare’s Unique Cyber Security Challenges

Fri, 05/22/2020
It’s no secret that healthcare organizations are constantly in the crosshairs of cyber criminals. One of the reasons healthcare records are 30 times more valuable than financial records is because they contain full identity profiles – including your social security number which is the gateway to acquiring any and all of your personal information. According to data gathered by the United States...