The National Institute of Standards and Technology aligned recent cybersecurity guidance helping agencies and organizations secure electronic protected health information with its newer frameworks, according to author Jeff Marron.
NIST Special Publication (SP) 900-66 Revision 2, Implementing the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule: A Cybersecurity Resource Guide, incorporates both its Cybersecurity Framework and SP 800-53 security controls…
The guidance has “resource guide” in the title, and there’s a section where users can refer to other publications on topics NIST covers that Marron hopes to see turned into an updatable webpage — reducing the need for future revisions.
Respondents have until Sept. 21 to comment on the draft… Read the full article here.
