Impact is Imminent

Interesting white paper from Apani Networks on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its Impact on IT Security :

"HIPAA security regulations are intentionally vendor and technology neutral, and consequently are both broad and open to interpretation based on the individual circumstances of the healthcare entity. The Security Rule contains three measuresthat must be addressed in order to protect and assure the confidentiality of electronic protected health information:- Administrative Safeguards: Implement policies and procedures to prevent, detect, contain, and correct security violations.- Physical Safeguards: Implement policies and procedures to limit physical access to computer systems and their facilities, while ensuring that properly authorized access is allowed.- Technical Safeguards: Implement policies and procedures that protect and monitor information access, and prevent unauthorized access to data transmitted over a network."