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  • Utah Breach: Governor Takes Action

    New CTO Named, Independent Auditor Hired Utah Breach: Governor Takes Action

    Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has taken several steps in the wake of a hacker attack against an unencrypted server that exposed state health department information on 780,000 individuals. Experts assess whether the steps are the right moves. Read more...

  • NwHIN Comments Due June 14

    Announcement About HIE Standards Posted NwHIN Comments Due June 14

    Comments are due June 14 on preliminary plans for voluntary national standards, including privacy and security guidelines, for health information exchanges. Read more...

  • 700,000 Affected in Home Care Breach

    Provider and Recipient Information Lost 700,000 Affected in Home Care Breach

    Personal information for more than 700,000 home care providers and recipients was lost in the mail, according to the California Department of Social Services. Read more...

  • Accretive Health Addresses Breach

    Says Lack of Laptop Encryption Was an 'Oversight' Accretive Health Addresses Breach

    A laptop stolen from an employee of Accretive Health last year was not encrypted "due to the oversight of an individual IT employee," the company says in a 29-page comment letter sent to Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. That employee subsequently was fired, the company reports. Read more...

  • ONC Offers Privacy, Security Guide

    Online Resource Features Insights on EHRs, Risk Analysis ONC Offers Privacy, Security Guide

    The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has published an in-depth guide to keeping health information private and secure. Read more...

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    Alerts: Global Breach Date Is Jan. 2011

    Visa, MasterCard Offer Revised Timeline By Tracy Kitten
    Alerts: Global Breach Date Is Jan. 2011

    New alerts from Visa and MasterCard suggest that the breach at payments processor Global Payments Inc. dates back to January 2011 - an exposure window significantly longer than what was originally reported.

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    10 Practices to Secure the Supply Chain

    NIST Drafting New Guidance to Mitigate Supply Chain Risk By Eric Chabrow
    10 Practices to Secure the Supply Chain

    Supply chain risks can occur when organizations purchase and implement information and communications technology products and services. See 10 ways to diminish these risks.

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    VA Seeks Comments on Records Privacy

    Policies for Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record Outlined By Howard Anderson
    VA Seeks Comments on Records Privacy

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking comments on proposed privacy practices for the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record project now in development. Comments are due June 11.

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    Measuring the Immeasurable: IT Security

    A Year After Its Debut, Index of Cybersecurity Rises by 30 Percent By Eric Chabrow
    Measuring the Immeasurable: IT Security

    Factors driving up the index vary from month to monthly, but the clear takeaway of the survey of IT security practitioners is that they're getting more apprehensive about safeguarding IT.

  • Article

    HIPAA Security Conference Slated

    Compliance Audits, Breach Investigations to be Addressed By Howard Anderson
    HIPAA Security Conference Slated

    A wide range of healthcare security and privacy issues, including HIPAA compliance audits and information breaches, will be discussed at a June 6-7 conference in Washington also available via webcast.

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Featured Interviews

  • Risks of False Credentials

    Screening Expert: 'You Can't Have Dishonest People' Risks of False Credentials

    How common are padded resumes like the one that led to the departure of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson? Far too common, says attorney Les Rosen, who offers tips to help organizations manage such risks.

  • Improving Breach Investigations

    Step One: Know Where the Critical Data is Stored Improving Breach Investigations

    When breaches occur, most organizations struggle to collect the right data and get investigations off the ground. How can breach response improve? Verizon's Chris Novak offers expert advice.

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  • Encryption: Making the Business Case

    One important way to protect sensitive information is by implementing controls that enable only authorized individuals and software applications to access the containers of the data representing that...

  • Fighting Fraud: Stop Social Engineers in Their Tracks

    Despite all the media hype about hackers and viruses, the greatest threats to an organization's information security are the employees of the company. They're the ones who too often, too willingly,...

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