Earlier in 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services modified the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that protects sensitive health data. This act mandates any entity dealing with protected health information to have specified physical,…
Data Centers and the HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule of 2013 In January 2013, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made a series of relevant changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).…
Regulatory compliance has a big say in how businesses design and develop their systems. A major compliance requirement for many businesses is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). On the face of it, the focus of SOX is to prevent…
HIPAA: Responsibilities of a Data Center The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, directs federal protection of data related to the health sector. Assurance of data center compliance is of utmost importance as the business associates…
Every state offers various tax incentives for data centers. At the national level, there are policies and programs that are designed specifically to support the growth and wide-spread adoption of data centers. Thanks to these incentives, some states naturally turn…
