Dear Data-Diligent Reader,

Our August 2010 Data Protection eNewsletter has been published.

1. …Issued Final Guidance on Risk Analysis on July 8, 2010
2. …issued a Notice of Public Rulemaking on July 14, 2010, “ Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” 
3. …withdrew the breach notification final rule it had submitted on May 14, 2010 from OMB review citing it as a “complex issue”

We continue to feature HIPAA Security Rule and HITECH Act data security updates, including the link to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ “Wall of Shame” — its Data Breach Notification web page.

Please enjoy these links to industry articles and white papers that we’ve researched and assembled for you. I’m confident you’ll find a nugget or two among them!

We would love to hear your thoughts. Please comment below!

Tags: data protection enewsletter, data protection services, data protection services firm, data security, HIPAA, HIPAA Security Rule, HIPAA-HITECH, HITECH, online data backup and recovery, The HITECH Act
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Bob Chaput wrote this blog. Bob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, disaster recovery and data protection services firm. Data Mountain specializes in helping Covered Entities and Business Associates assure they are compliant with the Contingency Plan Standard of the HIPAA Security Law and The HITECH Act.

Dear Data-Diligent Reader,

Our June 2010 Data Protection eNewsletter has been published.

Also, we continue to feature HIPAA Security Rule and HITECH Act data security updates, including the link to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ “Wall of Shame” — its Data Breach Notification web page.

Please enjoy these links to industry articles and white papers that we’ve researched and assembled for you.  I’m confident you’ll find a nugget or two among them!

We would love to hear your thoughts.  Please comment below!

Tags: data breaches, data management tools, data protection enewsletter, data protection services firm, data protection tools, data security, disaster recovery, HIPAA, HITECH, online data backup and recovery, privacy and security laws, protecting your EPHI
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Bob Chaput wrote this blog. Bob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, disaster recovery and data protection services firm. Data Mountain specializes in helping Covered Entities and Business Associates assure they are compliant with the Contingency Plan Standard of the HIPAA Security Law and The HITECH Act.