Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Physical Safeguards
A wide range of physical security measures that prevent unauthorised access to covered entity’s physical assets and electronic information assets. This protection is ensured from both natural and environmental hazards or any kind of intentional encroachment. Examples include installing security cameras, fire safety systems, biometric access controls etc.
Additional reading
What is Incident Response Software: How to Choose one?
Oct 2021: a printer in a hospital in Tokushima, Japan, started printing out papers on its own after their systems were compromised by ransomware. Attackers demanded money in exchange for decrypting the encrypted patient data of 85,000 patients. They recovered eventually but could have avoided the situation had they deployed incident response software. The security…
Don’t Get Caught Off Guard: How to Calculate Your Recovery Time Objective?
TL,DR: RTO defines the maximum acceptable downtime before disruption causes business or customer impact. Calculate it by ranking critical systems, acceptable outage windows, resources, and recovery dependencies. The article connects RTO to disaster recovery planning, continuity priorities, and downtime cost control. Did you know that more than 72% of businesses are not equipped to fulfill…
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule: Reporting Data Breaches
TL,DR: The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule defines required notices after unsecured PHI breaches. Covered entities may need to notify affected individuals, HHS, and sometimes the media. The article covers breach triggers, timelines, penalties, risk assessment factors, and notification content. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is a federal law in the United States regulated…
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