NIST 800 171 Compliance is a tricky beast to get a handle on when your organization is already constantly busy with work. The NIST 800 171 document has countless items that need to be accounted for when doing a thorough check of your company’s policies and procedures to ensure proper compliance.
Keeping track of regulations regarding computer and network security is always a headache for businesses that do work with the federal government. If a company is not IT-focused and is operating outside of its comfort zone trying to parse through technical language while making sure their security is up to par, it can make things more difficult.
As a free-market, capitalist country, the United States depends on the integrity of all its markets in order to continue functioning. This applies especially to its capital markets. Without integrity there can be no trust. Without trust, markets will cease to exist. And without markets, the United States would be a very different country.
Your medical facility may not be as HIPAA compliant as you think. Do you have a HIPAA Compliance Plan in place? Have you identified who is managing HIPAA Compliance Services for your location? Protecting patient data is mandated by the federal government, but the responsibility and implementation are up to you.
Any company that deals with protected health information (PHI) must ensure that all the required physical, network, and process security measures are in place and followed.
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