Conducting regular risk assessments is one of the key best practices for maintaining HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance in healthcare and financial organizations. Risk assessments help organizations identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities, and determine the best measures to mitigate…
Are you a government contractor trying to find out what is the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), and how it will affect your company? The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) will be the official certifying document to prove your company’s…
The HIPAA Security Rule specifically focuses on the safeguarding of ePHI and requires all HIPAA covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the ePHI data that it creates, receives, maintains, or transmits…
Medical devices improve health, quality of life, and even save lives. As such, medical device use must be appropriate for the context and setting in which it is intended. They must be safe for the patient to use and abide…
A vendor management program is designed to provide the organization the assurance that vendors, third-party service providers, contractors, and subcontractors are meeting the same standards of security as implemented for the protection of information systems and information assets. The vendor…
In the previous article, we discussed the most frequently asked questions on information security program and why it is so important for your organization, and the essential components of it. In this article, we will discuss the risk management program, as…