The Department of Health and Human Services has finalized the most significant HIPAA Security Rule update since 2003, introducing mandatory encryption, multi-factor authentication, annual risk ...

The new cybersecurity module in the RISC 2.0 toolkit helps providers evaluate digital threats through the same risk-assessment framework used for other operational hazards. Federal health officials ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General in new reports says the department should better standardize and unify its approach to cyber governance. (Image: HHS) ...

A report from the Government Accountability Office suggests HHS could offer better guidance for healthcare organizations regarding cybersecurity and safeguarding patient information. The GAO report ...

A priority of the federal government’s Precision Medicine Initiative was to establish a framework to ensure data involved in the PMI remains private and secure. Now, HHS has released the final Data ...

RESTON, Va., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrosoft Services, Inc., a highly respected cybersecurity and digital transformation firm, today announced that it has been awarded two new cybersecurity ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a settlement with Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA), a public hospital on the U.S. Territory, ...

On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of HIPAA security rule claims involving Health Fitness Corporation (Health ...

The numerous and widespread systems used to store and transmit patients’ health information in electronic form are vulnerable to cyber-based threats. Breaches in recent involved more that 113 million ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released guidance for securing health information by rendering health information unusable, unreadable or indecipherable to unauthorized ...