HIPAA Compliance in 2026 — Practical Strategies for Breach Prevention, Risk Reviews, and Audit-Ready Enforcement Preparation

HIPAA expectations are shifting in 2026—and organizations need to be ready. This webinar offers a clear, step-by-step guide to HIPAA compliance with a focus on what’s changing, what OCR is prioritizing, and how to reduce the risk of audits, breaches, and enforcement actions. You’ll walk away with practical actions you can apply immediately to strengthen privacy, security, and overall compliance readiness.

• Mandatory 2026 Privacy Rule Updates: Get clarity on what’s changing, why the February 16 deadline matters, and how outdated Notices of Privacy Practices (NPPs) can increase enforcement risk.
• OCR Enforcement Priorities: Understand what HHS/OCR is focusing on in 2026—especially Right of Access issues, missing or weak documentation, and repeat Privacy Rule violations.
• Security Rule & Cyber Risk Expectations: Learn how proposed Security Rule updates raise the bar for risk analysis, safeguards, incident response planning, and ongoing monitoring.
• Common Audit Red Flags: Identify the most frequent operational and documentation gaps that trigger investigations, penalties, and corrective action plans.
• Actionable Compliance Roadmap: Leave with a workable plan for policy updates, workforce training, risk assessments, and governance controls to reduce breach and audit exposure.

• Compliance Officers
• Privacy and Security Officers
• Healthcare Administrators
• Risk Management Professionals
• IT and Cybersecurity Teams
• Legal and Regulatory Affairs Professionals.

Ms. Michael Redmond is a Consultant, Speaker and Author. She also conducts ISO Certification Training for PECB. Michael is the Chapter President for Association of Contingency Planners Eastern Great Lake Chapter and an active member of ISSA.

Michael is certified as a Lead Implementer in ISO 27001 Information Security Management, ISO 27035 Security Incident Response, ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management and ISO 21500 Project Management. She is a Certified Instructor for ISO Certification Courses through PECB. Also certified Project Manager PMP, and 2 Master Certifications (MBCP) (FBCI) in Disaster Recovery and CEM Emergency Management

She has consulted in the area of Cyber Security for clients in the arenas of Healthcare, Insurance, Financial and Manufacturing. Her projects have included:

SIEM Security information and event management which is Combining software products and services combining security information management (SIM) and security event management (SEM).

(CSIRT) which is Cyber Security Incident Response Programs, Plans, Playbooks, Training and Testing.

Audit of CSIRT programs and documentation.

Information Security Programs and Implementation.

She has 2 books which are coming out in 2016 and are being published by one of the Top International Publishers in the world. The first is a Cyber Security book and the second is a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery book Michael has a series of Audio Training that receive CEU's from Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) and other certifying organizations.

They are: Cyber Security Training for - 6 CEU's. Business Continuity Management for 20 CEU's. www.rwknowledge.com Michael's been honored as Top Woman in her field at a White House Luncheon and was selected out of the world to write the prolog for the chapter on RISK Management by the United Nations for their Disaster Book which was given to the head of state for every UN member nation. She has recently been named on the list of "Women of Distinction for 2015" by Women of Distinction Magazine for her work in Cyber Security. She was selected to speak on Cyber Security Incident Response and SIEM at such recent conferences as: International ISSA Conference in Chicago. NYS Cyber Security Conference - Co Spoke with Acting CISO for New York State. ISACA Western New York Conference. Metric Stream Round Table in New York City.