synopsys.com | CASE STUDY Overview In 2015, healthcare became the industry with the most cyber attacks, replacing financial services. Between 2009 and 2017, there were over 2,000 data breaches, exposing a total of more than 177 million healthcare records and resulting in over $75 million in HIPAA violation fines. 1 And those breaches are just the ones we know about. Misalignment between HIPAA and software security The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed in 1996. However, the compliance date of HIPAA’s Privacy Rule and Security Rule didn’t take effect until 2003. These rules were created as a way to implement and enforce industry-wide security safeguards on protected health information (PHI). The Security Rule focuses on technical defenses aroun

Join for free to read