The US Department of Health and Human Services has proposed updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule 2024 to enhance cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information. The amendments demand quicker response times, robust healthcare cybersecurity features, better visibility of threats, and improvements to cyber risk management. They include technical inventories, multi-factor authentication, and improved risk assessments. New measures such as rigorous vendor oversight, mandatory encryption standards, formal incident response plans, disaster recovery and backups, yearly compliance audits, workforce security access management, and network testing are also included.
Google strengthens secure enterprise access from BYOD Android devices
Google has launched Device Trust from Android Enterprise, a tool designed to boost security for private Android devices used for work. Device Trust uses over
