Adding a cybersecurity tactical simulation test to an overall information security risk assessment is a must in today’s world. It is a sure bet that attacks and breaches will continue to occur and so the need for functional assessments, mitigation, awareness and response are key to protecting your organizations confidential information.
Imagine trying to come up with the top ten things our planet should do to decrease vulnerabilities and threats. Looking at earth from 30,000 feet can make that seem easier to do. But if we zoom in to the details we could probably come up with hundreds of things to consider. The same is true with health information privacy and security. To come up with what we consider to be the top ten things to do to pass an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) audit and reduce risk of unauthorized access to your protected health information (PHI), we had to zoom out and look at what we have observed over the past several years from a very high level. Our top ten things to do are not listed in any particular order. Keep in mind that our top ten today will most likely change very soon and at least year to year. Here they are:
A concern in security risk assessment is ongoing PHI breaches. A proper HIPAA risk assessment tool such as PHI Vulnerability Assessment can help.
How to Prepare for a HIPAA – HITECH Audit (Journal of Healthcare Information Management – (JHIM) – Spring 2012 – Used by permission from HIMSS). Covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) can now clearly see the “HIPAA police” up ahead on the “side of the road”.
(Journal of Healthcare Information Management – (JHIM) – Fall 2011 – Used by permission from HIMSS) A question that we have been asked by a number of our clients over the past six (6) months is: “What do we really need to do for Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 1 in regards to information security risk analysis?”