The New York Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (or SHIELD Act) was signed into law in July 2019. The SHIELD Act is a bilateral attempt at protecting the data privacy of New York residents and expands on existing breach notification requirements while introducing additional safeguards. The first component, the breach notification law,…
What is NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation? The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation, or 23 NYCRR 500, is a recently introduced set of cybersecurity regulations directed at financial institutions. Originally announced in 2016 and put into effect on March 1, 2017 – NYDFS regulations featured a phased release to give organizations time to…
If you clicked to read this blog post, chances are you are already familiar with PCI compliance and what it entails; but as a refresher from another one of our PCI compliance blog posts, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security standards designed to ensure that ALL companies that…
The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law over 20 years ago. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was created in 2009 to, in part, encourage the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) and supporting technology. A number of additions have been made to HIPAA to…
Technical assessments can save your business: Assessments are important. You can’t fix a problem if you don’t know it exists. Once you’re aware of issues, it’s much easier to develop a plan of attack. This is where we come in. We assess your network in order to address your vulnerabilities and maintain a stringent level…
The basics Section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act requires that all healthcare breaches impacting 500 or more individuals must be posted by the Secretary. We visited the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights’ Breach Portal and gathered data from the August 2018 – November 2018 reports* to give you a quick…
Insurance agents, commercial bankers and brokers could be subject to New York’s sweeping new cyber security regulation. You may need to turn up your safeguards and we can help. Contact us today! To learn more about the new regulation, click here.
A new regulation went into effect March 1 for banks and insurers in New York state to counter the growing threat of cyber attacks. ADKtechs is here to help you make sure that you are compliant with this new regulation. The new rule applies to all entities overseen by the New York Department of Financial…