NEWPORT BEACH, CA, USA - JUNE 12, 2006: INS and ECFIRST.COM HEALTHCARE today announced a free Webinar on CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND CONTINUITY OF CARE: ADDRESSING COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY AND ALTERNATE SITES. This is one business continuity strategy brief you do not want to miss!
Contingency planning, also referred to as Business Continuity Planning (BCP), is about a coordinated strategy that involves plans, procedures and technical measures to enable the recovery of systems, operations, and data after a disruption. Yet, many healthcare organizations either do not have plans or if they do the plans are out of date or not tested.
Why should security professionals and officers care about contingency planning? Contingency Planning, which addresses the “availability” security principle, is a HIPAA Security Rule standard that must be met so that authorized individuals such as physicians and nurses have access to vital systems and information when required. Some industry experts say that among organizations that suffer significant, sustained disasters, 20% are completely out of business within 24 months.
In this one-hour Brief and Q & A, you will learn how to:
- Understand compliance requirements and standards related to contingency planning
- Examine how to conduct a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) - which is the first step in developing a comprehensive contingency plan
- Step through templates for all critical documents, such as the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), that must be created for a comprehensive contingency plan
- Understand the NIST classifications of threats as well as information categories
- Examine strategies for alternate sites to ensure high availability of critical information
Proactive organizations will address regulatory compliance requirements and establish a secure foundation for continued patient care in the event of a disaster. Patients, clients, partners, physicians, nurses, employees – all require and demand secure access to critical health care Web portals, systems, and applications. Register now!
Click here to register for this FREE Continuity Compliance Webinar.
www.ecfirst.com.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Compliance Manager, CIO, CTO, Implementation Team for Information Security, Consultants, IT Service Providers, practitioners and allied professionals in the health care, government, social services and insurance industries who have access to sensitive records.
TESTIMONIALS
ecfirst.com has developed a comprehensive Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Contingency Planning documents that meet HIPAA Security Rule specifications and exceeded our stringent requirements. The work was executed professionally and the templates were detailed to capture small, yet critical information to establish recovery priorities. David Walsh, HCF Management.
Very informative and accurate session. Laura Bagus, Edward Hospital.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Click here to register for this FREE Continuity Compliance Webinar.
www.ecfirst.com.
September 20, 2006
11:00AM - 12:00PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
12:00PM - 1:00PM Mountain Time (US & Canada)
1:00PM - 2:00PM Central Time (US & Canada)
2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
UDAY ALI PABRAI, Security+, CISSP, CHSS
Chief executive, ecfirst.com Healthcare
Uday Ali Pabrai is a highly sought after InfoSec and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, FISMA, SOX) expert with experience at hundreds of hospital clients including Sherman, Condell, Edward, BSA, Samaritan, NCH, and others. His other clients include U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, several state and county governments, Microsoft, Elkay and Pella. He created the industry’s most successful program on HIPAA skills certification (CHP and CHSS™) and recently launched the world’s first program addressing regulatory compliance and information security, Certified Security Compliance SpecialistTM (CSCS™). He is the author of The Art of Information Security.
Christopher Steinke, CISSP
Principal Consultant, INS
Christopher Steinke is a Principal Consultant with INS, where he is an Information Security expert in the areas of information security, compliance, process, policies and procedures, and in establishing an Information Security Management Framework. Mr. Steinke was contributing author for the Information Security Management Handbook Volume 3, 4th Edition writing a chapter on physical security, contingency, and disaster planning.
INS is a leading global provider of business-driven information technology consulting and software solutions. For more than a decade, we’ve been helping organizations effectively use technology to achieve strategic business goals. Our unique solution portfolio enables our customers to reduce costs, increase flexibility, strengthen security, ensure compliance and improve efficiency.
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT
Lorna Waggoner
Phone: 1.515.453.8247 x17
Lorna.Waggoner@ecfirst.com
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