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As a business owner, ensuring your organization can survive a crisis is likely top of mind for you. And, there’s a good chance you’ve already thought about disaster recovery and business continuity in some ways.

No one wants their business to have to weather a disaster – but sometimes they happen. If you go in without any concept of what you’re doing, you’re more or less guaranteed to be in crisis. But if you go in with a well-established disaster recovery plan? You’ll be able to survive just about anything.

There’s a lot you can do with the cloud - and disaster recovery is one of its most powerful applications. Here’s why.

Anyone who works with Protected Health Information (PHI) in any capacity is beholden to HIPAA. That includes processing, storage, and transfer. If there’s even a fraction of a risk that a patient’s data could end up compromised while in the hands of a business, HIPAA applies to them.

At the time of HIPAA’s inception, social networks were a relatively new concept. There was nothing like Facebook or Twitter. Even now, HIPAA doesn’t feature any guidelines or regulations that apply specifically to social feeds.

HIPAA tends to be fairly all-encompassing where healthcare data is concerned. That can, at times, make it seem overly complex. Here’s the thing, though – it’s actually fairly simple and straightforward if you remember one very important detail.

HIPAA tends to be fairly all-encompassing where healthcare data is concerned. That can, at times, make it seem overly complex. Here’s the thing, though – it’s actually fairly simple and straightforward if you remember one very important detail.

We’ve already talked a bit about how SSAE 16 is a little more than meets the eye where data centers and vendors are concerned. Today, we’re going to tackle a topic that’s somewhat closely-related to that one. We’re going to talk about SSAE 16’s successor, SSAE 18.

You wouldn’t build a house on a shoddy foundation. You wouldn’t buy a car without first checking the engine. So why do so many businesses seem to assume they can stay secure just by spending a bit of money?

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are only part of the picture where HIPAA compliance is concerned. That’s something a lot of healthcare organizations don’t understand - and something that could very easily come back to bite them.