An omnibus package of regulations that includes a final version of extensive HIPAA modifications, which have been pending since 2010, as well as a final version of the HIPAA breach notification rule has moved one major step closer to completion.
The average per capita cost of a data breach has declined from $214 to $194, according to the new Cost of a Data Breach study. But there are still plenty of causes for concern, says Dr. Larry Ponemon.
A consortium of eight major information technology companies is continuing development of a free framework designed to make it easier to exchange information about security vulnerabilities.
High-profile class action lawsuits filed in the wake of major health information breaches will prove to be a strong catalyst for ramped up data security, a panel of attorneys says.
Getting forensics help should be one of the first steps an organization takes after a breach occurs, says IT security and privacy lawyer Miriam Wugmeister.
Francoise Gilbert of the IT Law Group won't give Zappos an "A" for how the online retailer reacted to its recent data breach. So, what can organizations learn from the incident, so they're better prepared?
Verisign, operator of two of the 13 root name servers that route traffic on the Internet, has revealed that outsiders attacked its computer network several times in 2010, but top management did not learn of the incidents until September 2011.
Organizations that have experienced a breach report that three lessons they learned were to limit the amount of personal information collected, limit sharing data with third parties and limit the amount of data stored, a new survey shows.
The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, a non-profit consultancy that experienced a health information breach, learned eight important lessons from the experience, says CEO Micky Tripathi.
Online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com has issued an e-mail alert to more than 24 million customers regarding a newly-discovered data breach of an internal network.
Notifying patients about a healthcare information breach requires a "difficult balancing act" by entities to ensure that risks are not exaggerated, says attorney Robert Belfort, an expert in HIPAA compliance, fraud and abuse.
The key message from the recent court ruling on the Hannaford data breach: You don't have to suffer fraud to be a victim. Attorney Ronald Raether explains what this decision means for future breaches.
As legal issues surrounding data breaches become increasingly complex, more organizations are turning to attorneys for post-breach response, says Lisa Sotto, a managing partner for New York-based law firm Hunton & Williams.
Healthcare organizations should carefully document all necessary breach investigation and notification actions and responsibilities to avoid chaos when an incident occurs, says Dawn Morgenstern, privacy official at the Walgreens national drugstore chain.
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