CSA Official Press Release
Published 03/20/2012
Health Information Management Working Group Kick-off Call
Cloud Security Alliance is launching a kick-off call for the Health Information Management Working Group on March 22nd, 12:00pm PST (GMT-7), open to all individuals interested in addressing security in health information. We want to generate discussion around our charter and other areas of focus needed in the industry. The working group is chartered to research the following areas: * Represent health information service provider industry interests inside of Cloud Security Alliance and promote CSA research to the healthcare industry (vendors, providers, institutes, academia, etc…) * Define industry best practices for service providers to the healthcare community, in coordination with the Health Information Privacy and Protection Act (HIPAA), * Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) and certifications as Hi-Trust, etc. * Perform industry-specific peer review of CSA Guidance V.3 as a member of the Editorial Working Group. * Have a special permanent stakeholder’s role with the CSA Privacy Level Outline (PLO) Working Group * Peer review CSA research findings and develop a Health Information Industry Roadmap for implementation of CSA Guidance, GRC Stack and other Research findings. * Act as Cloud Security Alliance’s formal liaison group with Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) and other relevant SDOs (HITRUST? EU?) * Actively collaborate with relevant healthcare and health information stakeholder communities (i.e. focus groups, associations, research institutes, forums, academia) * Provide quarterly status updates on initiatives the support HIWG’s scope of work * Review potential impacts on standards development and priorities for standards needed to promote and facilitate health information initiatives for cloud computing For more details on each research project go to: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/him/ To join our collaboration efforts, click on the "Get Involved" tab Join us on our conference call on: March 22nd, 2012 12:00pm-1:00pm PST (GMT-7) DIN: +1 212 798 0808 Access Code: 92703321# (International DIN Numbers are below) Country || Dial-in Number Argentina || +54 11 5776 3908 Australia || +61 2 8273 1728 Austria || +43 1 5370 6198 Belgium || +32 2 645 4300 Bulgaria || +359 2 895 1888 Brazil || +55 11 5189 1338 Canada || +1 416 313 3889 Chile || +56 2 353 1838 China - Bejing Region || +86 10 8525 5386 China - Shanghai Region || +86 21 6133 4508 Colombia || +57 1 313 7038 Croatia || +385 1 489 1498 Czech Republic || +420 2 2141 4498 Denmark || +45 33 378 108 Finland || +358 9 6157 1568 France || +33 1 4069 9548 Germany || +49 211 136 4268 Greece || +30 210 367 2798 Hong Kong || +852 2846 2068 Hungary || +36 1 373 8788 India || +91 22 6630 2808 Indonesia || +62 21 5798 6678 Ireland || +353 1 405 2462 Israel || +972 9 971 8587 Italy || +39 02 7240 6560 Japan || +81 3 5562 1938 Luxemburg || +352 26 564 618 Malaysia || +60 3 2382 5598 Mexico || +52 55 5351 7638 Morocco || +212 22 886 886 Netherlands || +31 20 551 3668 New Zealand || +64 9 307 8301 Norway || +47 22 862 508 Peru || +51 1 712 9308 Philippines || +63 2 459 3988 Poland || +48 22 820 5838 Portugal || +351 21 312 3418 Russia || +7 495 234 3345 Singapore || +65 6586 4768 Slovakia || +420 2 2141 4498 South Africa || +27 11 506 8888 South Korea || +82 2 2128 3678 Spain || +34 91 346 0708 Sweden || +46 8 700 5328 Switzerland || +41 22 744 2808 Taiwan || +886 2 8758 6568 Thailand || +66 2 694 8638 Turkey || +90 212 339 4989 United Arab Emirates || +971 4 312 4664 United Kingdom || +44 20 7149 7878 United States || +1 212 798 0808 Venezuela || +58 212 278 7296
About Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Cloud Security Alliance is led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key stakeholders. For further information, follow us on Twitter @cloudsa.
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