by Tahir Almas | Oct 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Search for the HIPAA Security Rule overhaul this week and you will be told it is final, that it took effect in March 2026, that it finalises in May, and that you have 240 days to comply. I checked the Federal Register on 4 October 2026. It is still a proposed rule....
by Tahir Almas | Sep 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
If you run your own fax server, you have probably done a risk analysis at some point. Maybe a spreadsheet, maybe a proper report. The question that matters in 2026 is different: after you wrote it, what did you actually change, and can you prove when? The HHS Office...
by Tahir Almas | Sep 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
You can now hand your fax server to an AI assistant. We published ictfax-mcp, a small open source server that speaks the Model Context Protocol, so a tool like Claude can list your fax transmissions, check whether one went through, and, when you let it, send a fax...
by Tahir Almas | Aug 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Information blocking enforcement is entering a stricter phase this year, and the rule that carries it, HTI-5, is expected to be finalised in August 2026. If your practice moves records by fax because the other end has no API, the exposure is not encryption. It is...
by Tahir Almas | Aug 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
You can now run a full ICTFax server with a single command. Official images are published to Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry, rebuilt from source on every commit, and they carry the whole stack: Rocky Linux 8, FreeSWITCH 1.10.12 with T.38, PHP, MariaDB, the...
by Tahir Almas | Aug 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
The HIPAA Privacy Rule update that has been sitting unfinished since January 2021 is finally moving. HHS sent the final text to the Office of Management and Budget on 4 April 2026, and it is expected to publish in August. What it contains is not the thing most...
