Risk Management, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Vulnerability Assessments

The Why Behind the HHS Proposed Security Rule Updates

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/27/2025

In this week’s installment of our blog series on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) HIPAA Security Rule updates in its January 6 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we are exploring the justifications...more

New Year, New HIPAA Security Rule?

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 1/9/2025

Citing the “alarming growth” of cyberattacks in recent years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

Emerging Threats: Cyber Attacks and Side-Channel Evolution

Polsinelli on 12/15/2022

“Side-Channel” attacks generally refer to a type of criminal cyber attacker activity that exploits vulnerabilities so that the attacker can collect and analyze “leakage” of data from a device, as a means to identify certain...more

Imminent Ransomware Attack Detected

Polsinelli on 10/30/2020

The CISA, FBI and HHS have issued an alert (https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-302a) regarding an imminent threat to hospitals and health care providers. Federal agencies have credible information to suggest that a...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2018 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/27/2018

For data security buffs like me, the recent McAfee® Labs Threats Report, December 2018 is, or should be, a top pick on the list. Well, maybe not for the holiday reading list. We need to be careful not to bring up the results...more

Post-market medical devices, cybersecurity, and the U.S. FDA’s growing concerns

Hogan Lovells on 1/17/2018

From insulin pumps and pacemakers to defibrillators, medical devices increasingly rely on wireless and internet connectivity for efficient operations. Unfortunately, these interconnections also leave devices vulnerable to an...more