Audit Controls: Integral to HIPAA compliance reporting procedures and the detection of possible breaches, audit controls take the form of hardware, software, or procedures that “record and examine activity in information systems that contain or use electronic protected health information.” Audit trails...
Sometimes compliance is a legal requirement for a certain industry (HIPAA), and sometimes it’s an IT security standard (ISO). The cost of non-compliance can be very high. It depends on the framework, violation, and other factors. Let’s take GDPR as an example. For severe violations, ...
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Healthcare solutions must comply with HIPAA (in the US), PIPEDA (in Canada), NHS regulations (in the UK), and more. IoT systems must comply with the GDPR, the EU Cyber Resilience Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) standards...
ISO 27799 defines information security in healthcare, which is useful for companies that require HIPAA compliance. Organizations have many IT security frameworks and standards to choose from. 2. NIST SP 800-53 NIST has developed an extensive library of IT standards, many of which focus on i...
User access review checklist 1 Define the scope of the user access audit 2 Revoke permissions of ex-employees 3 Remove shadow admin accounts 4 Ensure employees don’t have access permissions from previous positions 5 Make sure that employees and vendors have the fewest privileges possible ...
Audit trails also force entities to maintain a thorough and updated audit log and trail system, which further cuts down on fraud and other types of financial crime. In industries such as healthcare, the meticulous keeping of audit logs helps ensure that sensitive information, such as HIPAA-prote...
The trick to ensuring that policies don't get ignored is to avoid seeing them as an audit checklist, which of course requires effort that some companies aren't prepared to expend. "Too often, I see companies use policy templates downloaded from the internet, or the policies do not reflect ...
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Regulatory non-compliance:Regulations such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, andNISTrequire strong access controls. Failure to meet compliance can result in heavy fines and loss of certifications needed to operate. Privilege abuse:Overly permissive access enables insider threats where employees/users misuse elevated pr...