HIPAA Risk Analysis Tip – Part 4 – Questions & Answers from May 3rd Conversation with Former OCR Director Leon Rodriguez We received almost 100 questions in our May 3rd web event entitled “WHAT OCR EXPECTS IN YOUR HIPAA RISK ANALYSIS: A Conversation with Former OCR Director, Leon Rodriguez”.  We are breaking up the questions and […]

HIPAA Risk Analysis Tip – Part 3 – Questions & Answers from May 3rd Conversation with Former OCR Director Leon Rodriguez We received almost 100 questions in our May 3rd web event entitled “WHAT OCR EXPECTS IN YOUR HIPAA RISK ANALYSIS: A Conversation with Former OCR Director, Leon Rodriguez”.  We are breaking up the questions and […]

HIPAA Risk Analysis Tip – #WannaStopCrying Unless you’ve just returned from a 10-day interplanetary space mission, you’ve heard about the weaponization of ransomware into a Weapon of Mass Effect (WME) starting last Friday, May 12th. Organizations worldwide are in chaos trying to protect their systems while remaining operational. It seems that a group called the […]

HIPAA Risk Analysis Tip – Part 2 – Questions & Answers from May 3rd Conversation with Former OCR Director Leon Rodriguez We received almost 100 questions in our May 3rd web event entitled “WHAT OCR EXPECTS IN YOUR HIPAA RISK ANALYSIS: A Conversation with Former OCR Director, Leon Rodriguez”.  We are breaking up the questions and […]

HIPAA Risk Analysis Tip – Part 1 – Questions & Answers from May 3rd Conversation with Former OCR Director Leon Rodriguez We received almost 100 questions in our May 3rd web event entitled “WHAT OCR EXPECTS IN YOUR HIPAA RISK ANALYSIS: A Conversation with Former OCR Director, Leon Rodriguez”.  We are breaking up the questions and […]

HIPAA Risk Analysis Tip – 9 Essential Elements of OCR-quality Risk Analysis – a Quick Tutorial People like steps– steps to take in a process.  It’s like instructions: do this, then do this, then do this…  there’s order and a sense of comfort in following a clearly articulated plan.  That’s what this blog is hoping […]

HIPAA Risk Analysis Tip – What Captures OCR’s Attention? There’s pain in the voices of CISOs who haven’t been able to persuade their executive team to invest in an accurate, thorough enterprise-wide HIPAA risk analysis and risk management plan. CEOs too often are willing to take on risk to increase revenue rather than mitigate existing risk to […]

HIPAA Risk Analysis Tip – What Level of Detail is Adequate? Short Answer: Every “asset-threat-vulnerability” combination must be risk-analyzed!  In order to conduct a thorough and accurate risk analysis, it’s imperative to identify the threat sources, threat events and vulnerabilities that might compromise the confidentiality, availability and/or integrity of the health information entrusted to your […]