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Data security for healthcare businesses is the number one issue, particularly following a fast fire succession of high-profile violations, hackings, and ransomware outbreaks. From phishing assaults, viruses, and laptops left accidently in a cab, health information is exposed to an almost endless range of dangers.

The HIPAA Security Rule offers a broad set of technological guarantees for PHI storage organizations, including transmission security, authentication procedures and access, and integrity and auditing measures.

These precautions really lead to common sense safety processes, such as the use of up-to-date anti-virus software, the setup of firewalls, the encryption of sensitive data, and multi-factor authentication.

However, even the most closely secured data center can be overcome by personnel who tend to give priority over long software updates and sophisticated limits on their access to data or software.

Health organizations should often remind their staff members of the important nature of data security standards and continuously examine who has access to high-value data in order to prevent damage caused by malevolent parties.