SMB Nation Blog

RapidFire Tools, Inc. will be presenting at today’s Datto Partner Show, taking place in Las Vegas, NV. In particular, the company will have Mike Semel, President, Semel Consulting, who is one of the leading HIPAA consultants in the US, presenting an educational session on how to sell/price HIPAA Risk Analysis Reports.

Continuum said it has gone to great lengths to ensure it is fully prepared to assist its partners and their clients in meeting the standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. In addition to strengthening its technical, administrative, and physical security, the company has created the Continuum HIPAA Resource Center to provide up-to-date compliance information for MSPs that helps them gain a better understanding of the technical implications involved with new HIPAA rules.

By Danielle Sheer, Vice President and General Counsel, Carbonite Inc.

HIPAA, SSAE 16, ISAE 3402 (formerly SAS70), SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, DIACAP and FISMA, ITAR, FIPS 140-2, CSA, and the MPAA... This sounds like the equipment list for man’s mission to Mars?

Guess again. These are just a few of the federal regulations the government has enacted to ensure the privacy, security, and integrity of stored information, in the cloud or otherwise. With the proliferation of these data security standards, it is becoming increasingly important for vendors such as cloud backup providers to be diligent about their compliance with these regulations, both to respond to demand from customers, and because there’s an obvious market advantage in offering solutions that support customer compliance.

Yesterday, GFI MAX released news of a new resource pack for MSPs using their platform. The addition is for HIPAA readiness, and is designed to address the new regulations that organizations must follow starting September 23, 2013.