security standards and accountability
Hacking fears spark power-plant security clampdown
News The new regulations come about three months after a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report cited "a general consensus - and increasing concern" among officials that systems controlling utility infrastructures face real threats of attack. [17 Aug 2005]
HIPAA Insurance Products
White Paper This article informs about the Health Care Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The HIPAA Administrative Simplification law was passed at the request of the healthcare industry, and the standards apply to the whole industry. [02 Aug 2005]
Social Security: Distribution of Benefits and Taxes Relative to Earnings Level
White Paper Studies designed to reflect this perspective address the question of the extent to which Social Security benefits help ensure a minimal subsistence or maintain past standards of living. In the context of Social Security reform, these approaches... [07 Jul 2005]
Electronic Government: Challenges to the Adoption of Smart Card Technology
White Paper It stresses the need for current, consistent standards and policies that can be employed to implement common credentialing systems government wide. The federal government is increasingly interested in the use of smart cardsùcredit-card-like devices... [26 Jan 2005]
How Tripwire Supports Standards Set by the BS7799 / ISO17799
White Paper In the healthcare industry, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is framing the legal standards for data protection. In Information Security, the British Standards Institute (www.bsi.co.uk) has been working to formalize... [13 Jan 2005]
How Does Identity Management Support Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
White Paper It establishes new or enhanced standards for corporate accountability and penalties for corporate wrongdoing. Identity and Access Management solutions help improve a company's security stance, by appropriately controlling access to resources based... [16 Dec 2004]
Techs see gold at end of compliance rainbow
News On the face of it, there seems to be little for the security industry in Sarbanes-Oxley, which aims to make corporate accounting more transparent, or in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which deals with health care... [25 Nov 2004]
Secrets? What Secrets?: Proposed Regulations Champion Patient Privacy
White Paper The rule is to be promulgated together with all the standards enacted by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The purpose of HIPAA was, in part, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health-care... [16 Nov 2004]
Risk Management in Times of Uncertainty-Level 100
White Paper Corporate accountability is rising as organizations are required to comply with a growing roster of regulatory standards. The dynamic nature of this multi-regulatory environment makes it clear that the effectiveness of internal controls cannot be... [30 Oct 2004]
Iowa Hospital Meets HIPAA Compliance Guidelines With Firewall Solution
White Paper Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) calls for hospitals to have in place by April 2005 security standards that prevent improper electronic access to patients' health information. [11 Jun 2004]
Health Care Organization: Electronic Information Exchange Solution
White Paper Mandating requirements for transaction security and information, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) also provided a set of standards designed to encourage electronic information exchange among healthcare partners. [13 May 2004]
“Business Associates”: Why You Should Care About HIPAA Even If You Are Not a Health Plan or an Insurance Company
White Paper If one thinks that the recent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 regulations (HIPAA) only apply to health care providers, health plans and insurance companies then he/she is not aware of the concept. [01 Mar 2004]
Tripwire Software Protects Data And Network Integrity, Helps Healthcare Systems Meet HIPAA Privacy And Security Standards
White Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) set in motion the process of establishing privacy and security standards for individually identifiable health information1. Meeting these standards demands due diligence from... [01 Mar 2004]
Beyond Email: Defending Against Malicious Code in a Healthcare Setting
White Paper These concerns led to the inclusion of a mandate for electronic data security standards in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and a proposed Security Rule was published in 1998. [01 Mar 2004]
Tech and US government building cyber defence
Comment The tougher stance answered many critics' calls for legislating responsible security measures for businesses, in much the same way that the Graham-Leech-Bliley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) set data... [04 Dec 2003]
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