The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 and sets forth a comprehensive set of standards for protecting sensitive patient health information. The Privacy Rule applies to all entities that fall within the definition of a “covered entity“, which generally includes healthcare providers, health plans, and clearinghouses.
When your web browser accesses a website, it needs to first translate the friendly URL (such as Netwrix.com) to the public server IP address of the server that hosts that website. This is known as a DNS lookup. Traditional DNS is unencrypted, unlike modern HTTPS web traffic that’s almost entirely secured via HTTPS these days.
It is not uncommon on the job site to find project teams using a variety of disparate applications to access, share and collaborate on documents - each with their own storage, permissions and controls. This makes it very challenging to manage that project information, as it flows in and out of teams, and across different software platforms.
For biotech organizations, collaboration is the lifeblood of clinical research. A typical clinical trial depends upon constant communication, data sharing, and myriad other interactions among sponsors, sites, CROs, and participants. A breakdown in collaboration can cause delays that threaten the entire operation.
