HIPAA was passed into law in 1996–not exactly the heyday of digital technology. It wasn’t until over a decade later that Congress decided to implement updates to the law to address the rise of digital technology. Their goal? To push providers to update their record-keeping to Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, secure those systems effectively, and eliminate the loopholes that would prevent adherence to the law. 

Thus, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health, or HITECH, was born. Here, we’ll discuss some of the changes that HITECH made to HIPAA law and how that informs the compliance obligations of businesses in the healthcare industry. 

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It’s a new year, and with a new year come new security challenges and new takes on old favorites. While phishing, social engineering, and state-sponsored attacks are still significant issues, new machine learning innovations support better security efforts. But emerging attack vectors like IoT objects are shifting the cybersecurity battleground into new and unknown territory. 

Here are some of the top trends we see down the road in 2022. 

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The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) was a landmark law passed in California to support data privacy and consumer rights. As time has marched onward, new technologies and insights from stakeholders have introduced new approaches to the challenges addressed by CCPA. That’s why Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), was drafted and passed into law. 

With the provisions of CPRA set to become operative on January 1 of 2022, businesses must understand the shift from CCPA to CPRA.

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