'Ain't No Particular Way'
HIPAA is big, and no single vendor has a silver bullet for total compliance (see "Legal Eagle: Wanna Buy the Brooklyn Bridge?"). To borrow from a Shania Twain song, there "ain't no particular way" to satisfy the act's security standards. Congress made HIPAA technology-neutral not only to allow for new systems as technology advanced, but also because it knew no two health-care providers are exactly alike.
Health-care providers differ from one another in terms of their security risks and the strategies needed to mitigate those risks. A provider's security setup will depend largely on the product's cost and the technical capabilities of the provider's record systems to maintain PHI.
With the move to the cloud, CISOs must shift priorities from operating security programs to overseeing (monitoring and auditing) outsourced cybersecurity programs.
2022 was a boon year for IT salaries. 2023 came in like a beast with layoffs, raise freezes, and ChatGPT, but that beast has few teeth.
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