How to Assess HIPAA Compliant Data Centers
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the technology-adoption pace of the medical sector. While the healthcare industry shifting to online processing models, HIPAA regulators didn’t impose any fines for non-compliance in 2019, allowing the telehealth sector to grow swiftly and offer online healthcare services. With things returning to normal, HIPAA is back on its mission to ensure…
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Sep 16, 2024
Understanding Penalties for HIPAA Non-Compliance: A Comprehensive Guide
HIPAA compliance penalties can range from monetary penalties to civil lawsuits to criminal charges. The monetary penalties range from $127 to $250,000 depending on the nature of the HIPAA violation. The HIPAA law enforces penalties on organizations processing PHI when instances of non-compliance are discovered. In this article, we talk about the types of penalties…
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Sep 11, 2024
What are 8 GDPR Data Subject Rights ?
The 8 GDPR data subject rights form the foundation of data privacy under the General Data Protection Regulation. These rights protect individual users’ data privacy across the European Union member states. For businesses aiming for GDPR compliance, these rights aren’t just checkboxes—they’re critical for building trust and accountability. In this article, we discuss each in…
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Sep 08, 2024
GDPR Article 4 Explained: Essential Terms and Definitions
GDPR, with its 11 chapters and 99 Articles, aims to protect user data privacy across the European Union(EU). Unfortunately, across these 11 chapters and 99 articles, the makers of GDPR have used complex jargon that is not easy to understand. In this article, we’ve listed and explained all the GDPR article 4 definitions of legal-speak…
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Sep 08, 2024
How Beneficial is SOC in 2025 (SOC Benefits)
A SOC (Security Operations Center) is a security hub tasked with maintaining an organization’s security posture and protecting it from internal and external security breaches. A SOC unit has security experts that rely on security monitoring tools and SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) to patch vulnerabilities that hackers could use to penetrate their secure…
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Sep 02, 2024
Ultimate Guide to PCI DSS Training
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) is a compliance framework that mandates organizations to protect sensitive cardholder information from security threats. Every organization that processes even one card transaction in a year needs to follow PCI security standards. As an organization going through the PCI DSS compliance journey, you must have the…
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Apr 09, 2024