The healthcare industry is full of acronyms. ACA, HIPAA, HHS, CHIP, and MARS-E are just a few. Understanding them is critical to your organization's success.

Keep reading for a MARS-E guide that tells you what you need to know about these important standards.

A cybersecurity framework, or CSF, is an organized set of rules, regulations, and procedures designed to protect against cyber threats. The main objective of a cybersecurity framework is to secure an organization's digital assets.

For organizations, cybersecurity compliance is specifically designed so that security professionals can reliably identify and mitigate all risks, regardless of complexity. For many, an established CSF is required (or heavily encouraged) in order to comply with state and industry standards or international regulations.