Regularly monitoring compliance is a crucial best practice for maintaining HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance in healthcare and financial organizations. Regular monitoring ensures that organizations remain in compliance with the regulations and that their security measures are effective in protecting…
Implementing an incident response plan is another essential best practice for maintaining HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance in healthcare and financial organizations. An incident response plan is a set of procedures and processes that an organization follows in the event…
Implementing strong security measures is another critical best practice for maintaining HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance in healthcare and financial organizations. Security measures help protect sensitive information and prevent unauthorized access, theft, or misuse of personal and financial data. Here…
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…
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) are two important regulations that are mandatory for organizations handling sensitive information. Both regulations are designed to ensure the protection of personal and financial…
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…
One of the provisions of the HITECH Act is the notification of individuals affected by a breach of their electronic protected health information. There are certain requirements that must be followed and thresholds that apply to the breach notification regulation.…
There may be times that business operations require certain exceptions be made to information security policies and procedures. This article provides some guidance and best practices on the exception management policy and how you can leverage it for your organization’s…