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HIPAA Compliance: Storage in the Cloud

HIPAA Compliance in “the cloud” Cloud data storage is a common and convenient option for healthcare organizations. According to Acumen Research...
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SecurityMetrics 2019 PCI Compliance Guide

Compliance with any mandate takes time and planning. But, thousands of customers and readers use PCI Compliance Guide to make the PCI compliance...

What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule?

The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes standards to protect an individual’s medical records and other protected health information (PHI). It concerns...

Jen Stone: Principal Security Analyst

Jen Stone is a Principal Security Analyst for SecurityMetrics. In her 4 years at SecurityMetrics, she has completed over 80 security assessments...

Matt Halbleib: Director of Assessments

Matt Halbleib is Director of Assessments at SecurityMetrics. He holds QSA (Qualified Security Assessor), PA-QSA (Payment Application Qualified...

HITRUST vs. HIPAA

The difference: HITRUST vs. HIPAA HITRUST is a compliance framework created by a private alliance of security industry experts and includes many...

What is HITRUST Compliance?

What is HITRUST? HITRUST stands for the Health Information Trust Alliance. It was founded in 2007 and uses the “HITRUST approach” to help...

SecurityMetrics Guide to PCI DSS Compliance

The SecurityMetrics Guide to PCI DSS Compliance will help you understand current PCI requirements and trends, so that you can better protect data...

What is Formjacking?

What is formjacking? Formjacking is a type of cyber attack where hackers inject malicious JavaScript code into a webpage form–most often a...

What is a Managed Firewall and Do You Need One?

Qualified managed security service providers (MSSPs) typically provide a managed firewall service as a solution for firewall operation,...

How Much does GDPR Compliance Cost?

How much does GDPR compliance cost? The answer is more complicated than a basic dollar amount. There are many factors that will scale the cost of...

How to Manage a Healthcare Data Breach

Protect your organization after a healthcare data breach Data breaches can be devastating. Even entities with strict data security and IT policies...

The Importance of Cybersecurity: SecurityMetrics' Free Academy

The importance of cybersecurity: SecurityMetrics Academy is a free educational course designed for anyone who wants to learn about data security.

Securing Mobile Devices with Mobile Encryption

Say you have a tablet that has sensitive information on it, such as card data, personal information, etc. If that tablet is stolen, all that data...

5 Tips to Implement Security Awareness at Your Company

Whether you’re a CIO, the head of IT, or in a non-security-related position, if your data security practices are unclear, your company is at a...

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