Key Points Introduction The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) aims to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) from theft and fraud. Not just doctors and nurses, anybody who handles medical records should undergo HIPAA training to be conversant with its requirements. However, it makes little sense to have employees read every word…
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Key Points Introduction Looking for answers to questions like who does HIPAA apply to? Or whether HIPAA applies to you and your employees? The answers to these questions simply depend on whether your cloud-hosted company meets the criteria of HIPAA compliance. HIPAA, also known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a…
Key Points: Introduction SaaS adoption has increased across the board, especially in large enterprises. Accelerated digital adoption is a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has added to the growing cybersecurity risks of today’s cloud-based environments. Cloud services provide large enterprises the opportunity to save costs and increase efficiencies. But, it requires them to share…
Key Points: Introduction If you run a SaaS business and want to target mid-market or enterprise customers, you are going to be asked about the security posture of your company at one point or another. You may try to pass through them by answering security questionnaires but when your sales deal is stuck and cannot…
Key Points Introduction A typical day in your life involves a large amount of your personal data being collected, tracked, and harvested. Trackers embedded in the apps you’re using collect location data, your online behavior, what sites interest you, and how much time you’re spending on them. When data breaches occur at major cloud-hosted companies,…
Key Points Introduction PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) Certification is mandated for credit card companies to ensure the security of credit card transactions worldwide. The first version of the PCI Data Security Standard was released in 2004 by a group of leading credit card companies – Visa, MasterCard, JCB International, Discover, and…
Key Points Introduction The widespread adoption of cloud services has also brought challenges in the form of cybersecurity threats and multiple privacy regulations across different jurisdictions. Pew Research Center found that 79% of respondents were concerned about how their personal data was gathered and processed by companies and the government. Customers that rely on multiple…
Key Points Introduction The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was created by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) to protect sensitive transaction data and keep it secure from cybersecurity threats. The PCI SSC is an independent organization founded in 2006 by major payment card companies like American Express, MasterCard, Visa, JCB International,…
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