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NIST Shares Risk-Based Guide to Information Exchange Security

by Jessica Davis

NIST released a proposed guide designed to support the use of information exchange channels, which provides insights on risk-based considerations to protect data throughout the sharing process and case...

NIST Shares Best Practice Security Guidance for Vulnerable PACS

by Jessica Davis

The Office for Civil Rights is urging healthcare organizations to review recently released NIST cybersecurity guidance for Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The best practice insights...

Top Healthcare Cybersecurity Resources from NIST, HHS, OCR, HSCC

by Jessica Davis

Many healthcare providers struggle with finding and retaining security staff, as well as budget constraints, which make it difficult to properly secure the enterprise. In...

NIST Shares Cyber Risk Management, Mobile Guides; Impact Analysis Tool

by Jessica Davis

NIST released several draft frameworks for comment over the last week focused around integrating cybersecurity and enterprise risk management and managing enterprise mobile device security, along with...

OIG Finds NIH Security Practices Potentially Put EHR Data at Risk

by Jessica Davis

The security policies and practices around the electronic health system of the National Institutes of Health may have potentially put the security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its...

NIST Shares Workforce Development, Cybersecurity Partnership Insights

by Jessica Davis

NIST released a report outlining the results from a five-year pilot program for regional alliances and stakeholder partnerships, which also provides organizations with a roadmap for building their own...

NIST Shares Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Guidance

by Jessica Davis

NIST unveiled its latest draft guidance around cyber supply chain management, designed to help organizations develop an effective risk management program. Industry stakeholders are being asked to...

NIST Shares Draft Guides on Ransomware, Data Integrity Attacks

by Jessica Davis

NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) recently released a pair of draft ransomware guides designed to help organizations detect and respond to the threat, as well as ways to identify...

NIST Shares Enterprise Risk Management Privacy Framework

by Jessica Davis

NIST recently released its privacy framework designed to provide organizations with privacy protection strategies to improve their current methods for using and protecting sensitive data,...