For years, HITRUST certification has been closely tied to healthcare. But we recently sat down with Ryan Patrick, VP of Market Research and Strategy for HITRUST, to learn more about the certification and how they’re supporting organizations across a much wider range of industries. From reducing risk to unlocking new business opportunities, HITRUST has become […] The post Reducing risk and increasing ROI: why new industries are increasingly turning to HITRUST for certification appeared f...| Thoropass
HIPAA is a regulatory framework enacted in the late 1990s that mandates the protection of electronic health information but provides vague security requirements with significant room for interpretation. HITRUST was developed in response to these challenges, addressing the healthcare industry’s difficulties with HIPAA’s limited prescriptive guidance. This lack of specificity made compliance difficult and created […] The post A guide to HITRUST compliance appeared first on Thoropass.| Thoropass
Why Healthcare Providers Must Comply with PCI DSS When patients use credit cards to pay for health services, providers must meet the requirements of the payment card industry’s new Data Security Standard As a healthcare provider, you are governed by the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) if you process, transmit, or store cardholder data. In the same way that your compliance with HIPAA is required to protect your patients’ health information, compliance with PCI DS...| 24By7Security Blog