The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program was created to ensure organizations working with or within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) met a baseline level of protections and practices in place for CUI. After proposing the first version, there was significant feedback that caused a review period and the eventual release of CMMC 2.0.
In January 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) introduced proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule, aiming to close security gaps and strengthen protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI). These changes come in response to an alarming rise in cyberattacks in the healthcare sector, where ransomware and data breaches have affected millions of patients and cost the industry billions of dollars.
Topics: Data Breaches, Data Protection & Privacy, Security Awareness, Healthcare, Advisory & CAP, Ransomware, Compliance & Governance
Topics: Advisory & CAP, Compliance & Governance
CMMC Final Rule, 32 CFR Part 170, was released with formal publishing set for October 15, 2024.
Topics: Compliance & Governance
How do you know if you have a solid cybersecurity program? You may have anti-virus installed and you change your computer password quarterly, but how do you know if your security program is truly effective? When you can’t see your gaps, it’s hard to make improvements and even harder to pick up the pieces after a security breach. That’s why Cybersecurity Consultants, like ProCircular’s Andrew Chipman, collect all the information they can, then measure your active security controls against their library of applicable standards.
Topics: Data Protection & Privacy, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Advisory & CAP, Compliance & Governance