HIPAA, under most circumstances, hit me harder then SOX. SOX mostly forced change control into existence for the cowboy shops. It's been taken to rediculous extremes on occassion, but amongst the clients I've worked for, not very often.
HIPAA has changed the way every healthcare firm I've worked for did business, never mind just the data side of things. From what I see, for the better, but it was taken MUCH more seriously then SOX was, or still is. Not enough companies care about SOX other then trying to make a best effort until the auditors are at the door, at least from my perspective. HIPAA will destroy them if they need to care, SOX still seems like a 'Nice to Have' on the list of requirements.
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