HIPAA news from FierceComplianceIT

Software as a service has been proliferating like chick weeds as of late. Information Management offers a list: "Software as a service, storage as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as... Read more...

Cloud computing has been a buzz word for long enough that we're getting lots of differentiation and jargon: Hybrid clouds, internal clouds and private clouds. One issue that you ought to keep in mind... Read more...

Speaking of the possible new regulation to stem from the pyrotechnics on Wall Street, "the shadow will be longer than Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, or any other regulation of modern times," said John... Read more...

Data retention is an issue at the forefront of everybody's minds right now. Sarbanes-Oxley has a seven-year requirement. Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA and the new PCI requirements all require data... Read more...

Compliance on Demand blogger, Brett Curran, vice president of GRC and privacy practices at Axentis, has some advice as compliance initiatives proliferate. Take a truly top-down approach. It sounds... Read more...

We've talked a bit about data destruction. Obviously if you are going to delete data, you had... Read more...

You've probably heard a lot about the rise of software-as-a-service as a model that more companies, big and small, are embracing. Clearly, the notion of paying for software services, hosted... Read more...

Here's an issue that could easily be swept under the rug: Wireless network compliance issues that stem from not only Sarbanes-Oxley but also HIPAA, Basel II, the Patriot Act and all the others.... Read more...

We've discussed the issue of email and IM retention before. Sarbox and other laws, notably HIPAA, are obviously behind much of the angst. But there is a new reason: recent changes to the Federal... Read more...

Information security has emerged as a compliance cornerstone in this era of Sarbox, HIPAA and Gramm-Leach-Blilely. At the same time, mobility has emerged as a profound workplace trend. The clash... Read more...