Next month, HIPAA cyber security best practices will be a hot topic in Las Vegas at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. One of the biggest questions likely to be asked is: what should you do in the event of a cyber attack?

According to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), your organization should follow this HIPAA cyber security checklist:
1. Execute your response and mitigation procedures.

When it comes to protecting patient health information and complying with HIPAA, your Las Vegas health organization is under more pressure than ever before. Nationwide, HIPAA noncompliance fines totaled $19.3 million in 2017. Penalties have increased more than 300% since 2015.

Passing a HIPAA inspection by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) hinges on your network security.

Sometimes, in an effort to get the job done, good employees make bad choices. As a result, they put the security of your entire Las Vegas company at risk.

If your existing legacy IT systems are too slow or inconvenient, many people will reach for the simplest, easiest solution available.

Is a single locked door, easily opened by criminals, the only thing standing between your network and the bad guys? IT companies in Las Vegas often focus exclusively on the digital aspects of security, especially ransomware and online threats. But some of your network’s biggest vulnerabilities lie in the gap between cybersecurity and physical security.