Fact Sheet: Ransomware and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 07/11/2016 This eight-page fact sheet describes ransomware attack prevention and recovery from a healthcare sector perspective, including the role the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has in assisting HIPAA-covered entities and business associates to prevent and recover from ransomware attacks, and how HIPAA breach notification processes should be managed in response to a ransomware cybersecurity attack. It describes what covered entities or business associates should do if their computer systems are infected with ransomware. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news