3 ways to prepare for impending HIPAA Security Rule updates
In the decades since the HIPAA Security Rule was enacted, it has remained a crucial tool to covered entities and business associates as they navigate the multitude of cybersecurity risks that trouble the healthcare sector.
HIPAA’s flexible and scalable nature allows covered entities to implement the technical, physical, and administrative safeguards that are reasonable for each organization’s size and specific needs. However, as ransomware and data breaches continue to hit the healthcare sector, lawmakers and stakeholders in recent years have called to modernize elements of HIPAA to reflect the current health data security and privacy landscape.