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The Proliferation of PHI: Securing Patient Data in the Digital Era
Technological innovation continues to expand every day in healthcare. New and emerging technologies solve industry challenges, improve patient access, protect patient data, and more.
The Importance of HIPAA Audit Controls
HIPAA audit protocols are essential for ensuring the security of sensitive medical information. We explain their importance to protect patient data.
The Future of Securing Patient Data: How the Health Industry is Addressing the Healthcare Cybersecurity Skills Shortage
The cybersecurity skills gap will reach 1.8 million by 2022, according to the Global Information Security Workforce Study. The healthcare industry specifically plans to increase their workforce by...
The Biggest Business Challenge – Continuing to Make GREAT Hires
As a business grows, its team gets really busy, which is the case at Imprivata FairWarning since our founding. Anyone who has hired people knows that there is a tendency to make “hires of convenience” when...
The Battle for the Future of Our Privacy
The European Union General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR goes into effect May 2018, making 2018 a watershed year globally in the battle over the future of privacy. Soon, the United States’...
The Admin’s Guide to Salesforce Visibility: Using Event Monitoring to Boost ROI, Productivity
Salesforce has quickly become a mission-critical application for organizations of all types. The great news for admins is that Salesforce visibility can show you not only how users are adopting...
The 6 Elements Every Financial Institution Needs for Defense-in-Depth Security
In the same way that medieval castles were designed with multiple security layers for protection, today’s organizations require a multifaceted approach to safeguarding highly sensitive data.
Termination, IP Suits, and Earn-Outs: Which Salesforce Data is Most Useful in Legal Matters?
When it comes to legal matters, discovery can be made infinitely more complicated by the sheer amount of unstructured data held across applications. The lawyers are at the front line of attack,...
Storing Data in the Cloud: 4 Common Cloud Compliance Misconceptions
As you store more and more mission-critical data in Salesforce and other cloud-based applications, compliance becomes an ever-looming presence. GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, FFIEC,  the California...
SOC 2 Attestation and Information Security at Imprivata FairWarning
Imprivata FairWarning continues to invest in information security technologies, procedures and training as well as associated governance.
Securing Your Sensitive Information in Salesforce: Data Protection and Security for Cloud
Salesforce data protection and security are critical for cloud apps. Protect information from insider threats with Imprivata FairWarning Cloud Security.
Secure the Keys to Your Kingdom: Protect Your Organization’s Privileged User Accounts
If you were trying to break into a bank, would you rather go through the trouble of evading the physical and digital security measures (i.e. security guards, door access, vault passcodes, and...
Salesforce Application Performance
Welcome to part 3 of the Imprivata FairWarning® Salesforce business blog post series: performance. In this post, we will explain the value of measuring Salesforce application performance, maximizing ROI,...
6 Ways Privacy and Security Work Together to Improve Patient Care
Data breaches are still prominent in the healthcare industry, but this post contains six ways privacy and security can work together to improve patient care and security.
Privileged Users In Your Cloud Applications: Who Are They?
Privileged users of Salesforce, Microsoft 365, and other mission-critical cloud applications have access to sensitive data. Find out who these users are and how to secure your organization's data.
Privileged Users in Salesforce: What Can They Access?
Privileged user abuse may be malicious, or it may be unintentional. Either way, it represents a huge liability to your company. Identify potential privilege misuse and with the tips in this post.
Privileged User Monitoring: 5 Ways to Prevent Privileged User Abuse in Salesforce
By using privileged user activity monitoring, you can prevent insider threats like privileged user abuse in Salesforce.
Ponemon: The Average Cost of a Data Breach 2017
The spotlight continues to shine on data breach incidents. It comes as no surprise that the average cost of a data breach in 2017 has risen in the U.S. Learn key takeaways from the study in this post.
People-Centric Information Security
The people within your organization are what make it great. The right monitoring tools, information security, and support can make it even better.
OCR Seeks Public Comment on HIPAA Privacy Rule Impact on Coordinated Care, Possible Changes to Rules
If you’ve ever felt like the HIPAA Privacy Rule needs some work — or stands in your organization’s way of providing coordinated, value-based healthcare — then the U.S. Department of Health and...