NIST updates HIPAA cybersecurity resource guide 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology this week released updated guidance to help HIPAA-covered entities and business associates assess and manage cybersecurity risks to electronic protected health information and comply with the HIPAA security rule. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights collaborated with NIST on the guidance, last updated in 2008, which identifies activities that a regulated entity might consider implementing as part of an information security program and resources to help in complying with the HIPAA security rule.