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ALSO CALLED: HIPPA and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
DEFINITION: HIPAA is the United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. There are two sections to the Act. HIPAA Title I deals with protecting health insurance coverage for people who lose or change jobs. HIPAA Title II includes an administrative simplification section which deals with the standardization of healthcare-related information systems. In the information technology industries,
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HIPAA White Papers
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Mining the Cloud to Ease the Enterprise Compliance Burden
sponsored by VeriSign, Inc
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This paper looks at some common regulations (SOX, HIPAA, GLBA, Basel II, and NERC) and presents the argument for in-the-cloud authentication as the most advantageous response to access control related requirements. It also presents a practical solution for complying with these regulations.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009
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Reduce the Cost to Achieving HIPAA Security Compliance with Lumension® Solutions
sponsored by Lumension
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Healthcare organizations face a host of HIPAA Security Rule compliance challenges with the move to put patient medical records online. Lumension helps organizations address these compliance challenges by providing the proactive IT risk management and the required audit readiness to meet many aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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Achieving HIPAA Compliance with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops
sponsored by Red Hat
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This paper will illustrate how Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops can help organizations comply with specific HIPAA mandates, while at the same time increasing their overall efficiency and agility.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009
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Extracting Value from Enterprise Log Data
sponsored by ArcSight, Inc.
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This whitepaper outlines the drivers for log management as well as their underlying challenges and drive towards a common set of requirements for evaluation of log management tools.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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Regulatory Compliance: How Digital Data Protection Helps
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
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This white paper presents vital information about the regulatory requirements that enterprises must satisfy and how digital data protection helps enterprises satisfy these requirements.
Posted: 19 Aug 2009 | Published: 19 Aug 2009
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Addressing Compliance Initiatives with Center for Internet Security Benchmarks
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
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This whitepaper details the background you need to build an effective compliance program by understanding benchmarks, the basic building blocks of compliance initiatives. You'll learn about the benchmarks specified by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which are often used as a starting point for creating a compliance initiative.
Posted: 30 Mar 2009 | Published: 30 Mar 2009
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Laws, regulations and compliance: Top tips for keeping your data under your control
sponsored by Sophos Inc.
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This paper outlines the rules, looks at the main threats to security compliance and highlights how a well-defined strategy, backed up by powerful technology, can provide the solution.
Posted: 22 Dec 2008 | Published: 22 Dec 2008
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Enabling Sustainable Compliance Management across the Organization
sponsored by IBM
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This paper discusses the growing tide of data security standards and regulations and the need for a sustainable security compliance strategy.
Posted: 22 Dec 2008 | Published: 22 Dec 2008
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HIPAA and Beyond: How to Effectively Safeguard Electronic Protected Health Information
sponsored by Lumension
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Learn how to go beyond HIPAA by showing how to use HIPAA as the starting point for your security program, and then using best practices and Lumension solutions to improve your overall security posture.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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Bitpipe Industry Guide: Government
sponsored by Bitpipe
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Are you up to date on Government policies, regulations and agencies? You need to be informed about government-related subject areas, including National, State and Local Governments and Government Agencies, Government Information Security, and Compliance.
Posted: 13 Feb 2006 | Published: 13 Feb 2006
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Bitpipe Industry Guide: Healthcare Industry
sponsored by Bitpipe
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Our Healthcare Industry page is the place to start if you need to stay up-to-date on related subject areas, such as Medical Hardware and Software, Telemedicine, and Biotechnology.
Posted: 13 Feb 2006 | Published: 13 Feb 2006
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HIPAA DEFINITION (continued): … this section is what most people mean when they refer to HIPAA. HIPAA establishes mandatory regulations that require extensive changes to the way that health providers conduct business. FAQ: What is the impact of HIPAA on IT operations? HIPAA seeks to establish standardized mechanisms for electronic data interchange ( EDI ), security, and confidentiality of all healthcare-related data. The Act mandates: standardized formats for all patient health, administrative, and financial data; unique identifiers (ID numbers) for each healthcare entity, including individuals, employers, health plans … HIPAA definition sponsored by SearchDataManagement.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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