Assessing Your Organization's Compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule: Being Proactive and Achieving Compliance in the Face of Increased Enforcement Risk

• Overview

Stay complaint with HIPAA in order to save your organization valuable time and money.HIPAA became a law in 1996, yet today we still see organizations that are confused, misinformed or lack the knowledge and expertise to tie all of the steps together. Fines have quadrupled in the in past few years. In fact, in 2018 the fines totaled over $28M in just the health care industry alone. All industries need to have their security assessments done regularly, remediate any known weaknesses and vulnerabilities, develop policies and procedures, train their staff and measure and manage their progress.

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Agenda

Basic HIPAA Security

• Defining Reasonable and Appropriate

• Understanding What Privacy Has to Do With Security

• The Security Rule Structure - Safeguards, Standards and Implementation Specifications

Risk Analysis/Assessment

• Understanding the Process

• Policy Requirements

• Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Testing

HITRUST Certification

• Why HITRUST

• Other Compliance Regulations

• Getting Started With HITRUST