How Healthcare Can Manage Compliance with Fine-Grained Protection

The following is a guest article by Marlena Herrera, Director at Protegrity Healthcare organizations are becoming more lucrative targets for hackers, as their data is rich with extremely sensitive information and is often susceptible to vulnerabilities. In the same step, the number of regulations governing the sector has grown in complexity, which stems from movements including the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative and fallout from the reversal of federally protected abortion access. Combining this with the increasing number of digital-first health applications and services on the market, protecting data at every touchpoint is mission-critical. As a response to the current volatile environment, many organizations are locking down their data to ensure complete protection. However, locking down data has serious implications for innovation, creating better customer experiences, and generating growth. Striking the right balance between protecting data and garnering insights from it is a difficult line to walk, and many organizations sacrifice innovation for protection. Yet, this trade-off is not necessary, they can co-exist with technology like fine-grained data protection. Understanding Fine-Grained Data Protection Fine-grained data protection protects data at its source and provides the ability to control the end-user experience with extremely sensitive information based on the intended users’ permissions. Therefore, only exposing the sensitive data the person or teams are...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy Data Protection Fine-Grained Data Protection Healthcare Compliance HIPAA Marlena Herrera Protegrity RBAC Role-Based Access Control Source Type: blogs