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HIPAA Tip: Cybersecurity Attacks

March 17, 2026

Getting tired of opening emails or articles and reading about another cybersecurity attack on a healthcare organization? Afraid your business might be next? Then do something about it!

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) offers the healthcare sector numerous tools and resources to protect networks from cyberattacks:

4 Things You Can Do To Keep Yourself Cyber Safe:

  • Turn on Multifactor Authentication
  • Update Software – turn on automatic updates
  • Think Before You Click
  • Use Strong Passwords

Huntress, KnowBe4, and Amazon have Cybersecurity Awareness Training to name a few of the companies that can assist with staff education, including test phishing emails. Think of your workforce as your front-line to protecting the network and the precious patient data within the environment.

NIST Cybersecurity, Privacy and Risk Management Framework developed cybersecurity and privacy standards, guidelines, best practices and resources to meet the needs of U.S. industry, federal agencies and the broader public.

Compliance Is Ongoing

HIPAA compliance isn’t a one-time checklist. It’s ongoing, programmatic in nature, and requires demonstrated reasonable diligence to stay in good standing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Anatomy IT can provide you peace of mind with our expert HIPAA compliance services. To learn more, contact us here.

About the Author: Dawn Meglino
HIPAA Compliance Specialist, CHPSE, CCSA, CCAP

Dawn Meglino is a certified HIPAA Compliance Specialist at Anatomy IT helping healthcare organizations navigate complex security and compliance requirements. She holds multiple cybersecurity and compliance certifications and regularly advises medical practices on breach prevention and HIPAA best practices.

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