This post is part of our The Top 2025 Privacy and Security Issues Still Shaping Healthcare series, in which our team of attorneys provides essential strategies and insights for healthcare privacy and security.

Why Now? The Rising Cyber Threats Driving HIPAA Reform 

In December 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) proposed the first significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule since 2013, prompted by a surge in cyberattacks against healthcare organizations that have compromised patient information and disrupted care.