Top 5 HIPAA Resources on the SecurityMetrics Blog

There’s been a scary increase in healthcare attacks and breaches. In fact, U.S. healthcare organizations reported 772 large breaches to OCR in 2025, which is a new annual record, at a rate of 2.1 per day.

This means healthcare organizations need to be better informed and prepared. SecurityMetrics regularly publishes blogs about healthcare data breaches, HIPAA advice, and how to train your healthcare employees. I’ve scoured the SecurityMetrics blog to create the top five HIPAA resources you need to read to arm yourself and your employees with the latest HIPAA knowledge. 

So, without further ado, here are the top five HIPAA resources on the SecurityMetrics blog: 

The 2025 SecurityMetrics HIPAA Guide 

The SecurityMetrics HIPAA guide is a comprehensive resource that can be downloaded on this blog. 

If you’re only going to read and familiarize yourself with one resource, this is the one. Every year, SecurityMetrics experts get together to create the HIPAA Guide, a one-stop resource for all things HIPAA Security, Breach Notification, and Privacy Rules. The tenth edition of the SecurityMetrics HIPAA guide contains proprietary healthcare cybersecurity stats, along with topics organized by skill level. 

10 Crucial HIPAA Reads 

This blog covers the most sought-after and consumed HIPAA content on the SecurityMetrics blog, including remote access vulnerabilities and password practices. It's a useful "greatest hits" jumping-off point for anyone who wants wide HIPAA knowledge rather than a single deep dive. 

Look over this blog to get a general idea of what basic knowledge you need to have of HIPAA and what might be missing from your understanding.

Common HIPAA Violations: HIPAA Quiz

How well do you or your staff really understand HIPAA? This blog includes a detailed quiz, so you can put your knowledge to the test. It also covers the most common HIPAA violations, so you can at the very least, make sure you know the most likely vulnerabilities. If you need an easy place to start learning and adapting HIPAA, this is the blog for you. 

What Are HIPAA Compliant System Logs? 

A common issue for most healthcare entities trying to become HIPAA-compliant is understanding exactly what a HIPAA-compliant system log looks like. This blog is more technical and requirement specific. 

This is a great read for IT/security staff who need to implement requirements, rather than just understand HIPAA at a policy level.

HIPAA Violations: Who is Responsible? 

Experiencing a breach or just want to know where responsibility will lie? This blog goes into extensive detail on who is responsible and to what degree if you experience a patient health information breach. It’s extremely useful for compliance officers trying to clarify accountability across covered entities and business associates when something goes wrong. 

It’s also a good refresher of what is in scope for you as you approach upcoming HIPAA audits. 

Have an upcoming HIPAA audit? Get an accurate quote and speak with a HIPAA expert now. 

Familiarizing Yourself with HIPAA Resources 

You don’t have to read a blog a day about HIPAA to gain a good understanding of what your responsibilities are and what an upcoming HIPAA audit might entail. Instead, regularly refreshing yourself on the basics and the newest requirements is enough to ensure HIPAA is a priority for you and your organization. Whichever blog or guide you decide to read, make sure it’s written by HIPAA cybersecurity professionals, who can give expert advice, so you know you’re following the right instructions. 

Interested in learning more about HIPAA and want a cool free guide? Check out the SecurityMetrics HIPAA Guide here.