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Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security 2024

Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) are pleased to announce the return of the Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security conference. After a 5-year absence, the conference is returning to Washington D.C. on October 23-24, 2024 at the HHS Headquarters.

The conference will explore the current healthcare cybersecurity landscape and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. This event will highlight the present state of healthcare cybersecurity, and practical strategies, tips and techniques for implementing the HIPAA Security Rule. The Security Rule sets federal standards to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected health information by requiring HIPAA covered entities and their business associates to implement and maintain administrative, physical and technical safeguards.

The conference will offer sessions that explore best practices in managing risks to and the technical assurance of electronic health information. Presentations will cover a variety of topics including managing cybersecurity risk and implementing practical cybersecurity solutions, understanding current cybersecurity threats to the healthcare community, cybersecurity considerations for IoT in healthcare environments, updates from federal healthcare agencies, and more.

9:00am - 4:00pm ET daily

Conference sessions and topics are tentative and may change prior to conference dates.
Session dates and speakers to be added at a later date.

Proposed Agenda by Topic

  • HHS Keynote: Cybersecurity in Healthcare 
  • Healthcare Cybersecurity Threat Briefing
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Enforcement and Policy Updates
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Device Cybersecurity
  • Medical Internet of Things and IoT Cybersecurity Panel
  • NIST Privacy Framework
  • NIST SP 800-66 & Risk Analysis/Risk Management
  • HHS Cybersecurity Activities Panel
  • HHS OCR HIPAA Policy Updates
  • HHS OCR Keynote: HIPAA and Cybersecurity
  • HHS Keynote: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • HHS Artificial Intelligence Panel
  • Small and Rural Cybersecurity Considerations Panel
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
  • NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Healthcare Cybersecurity Projects Panel
  • NIST Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Framework)
  • HHS OCR Enforcement Update

 

Please see below for a list of nearby hotels:

Holiday Inn Washington Capital - National Mall
550 C Street SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024
Distance to HHS: 0.9 miles

citizenM Washington DC Capitol hotel
550 School St SW, Washington District of Columbia, 20024
Distance to HHS HQ: 1.2 miles

Residence Inn Washington, DC National Mall
333 E ST. SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024
Distance to HHS HQ: 0.9 miles

Hyatt Place Washington DC/National Mall
400 E Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20024
Distance to HHS HQ: 1.0 miles

Airports

These are the two closest airports to the Washington, D.C. area. Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) is the shortest travel distance to the meeting (3 miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.). Both airports have car rental services, as well as bus options. DCA provides easy Metrorail access on the yellow line:

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
Arlington, VA 22202

Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
1 Saarinen Circle, Dulles, VA 20166

Created June 7, 2024, Updated September 6, 2024