The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, is designed to keep individuals’ medical information and health records safe. Healthcare organizations must ensure HIPAA compliance, even — perhaps especially — during the current global pandemic. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S.

Securing your cloud environment effectively is no easy task. What cloud security issues should you be prepared for? What are the most serious security risks? Which best practices are most effective at keeping your data safe? In this article, we will explore the two primary cloud models and the principal security concerns you will face when using each model.

Data loss prevention (DLP) tools and processes help ensure that critical data is not accessed by or tampered with by unauthorized users. The underlying technology that can make or break your success in data loss prevention is data classification. This article explains how data classification affects the success of your data loss prevention measures.

More and more organizations are recognizing the power and value of data classification. By accurately classifying and labeling the information you store, you can: If your organization is like most, you now rely on cloud platforms like SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Exchange Online, and you need to know exactly what types of data is being stored there so you can ensure sensitive content is properly protected.