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AWS Parallel Computing Service Achieves HIPAA Eligibility

🔒 AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) is now HIPAA eligible, enabling organizations with a Business Associate Addendum (BAA) to run protected health data workloads. AWS PCS is a managed High Performance Computing service that uses the Slurm workload manager for cluster orchestration and targets compute-intensive tasks such as genomic sequencing, medical imaging analysis, and clinical research simulations. AWS says it maintains a standards-based risk management program to support HIPAA administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, and that eligibility applies in all AWS Regions where PCS is offered.

Long Island Medical Practice Exposed 42,000 Patient Records

🔓 UpGuard discovered a publicly accessible rsync repository exposing medical and personal data tied to Cohen Bergman Klepper Romano MDS PC, a Long Island practice. The repository contained over 42,000 patient records, more than three million medical notes, and physicians’ PII including Social Security numbers. A .pst backup and virtual disk revealed staff home addresses and family details. UpGuard’s notification led to the exposure being secured, underscoring the need for strong access controls and formal disclosure response procedures.