Federal prosecutors have charged a former hospital CFO with submitting false documents to obtain about $785,000 from the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program. Find out more about the ongoing federal fraud crackdown.
Patients entrust their lives to healthcare organizations. Shouldn't their personal data also be safe? Symantec's Axel Wirth on what healthcare security leaders must do differently to protect patient data.
Some people say the U.S. faces a cybersecurity staffing shortage. Renowned computer science professor Eugene Spafford disagrees. He discusses what he sees as the real shortage and what we can do about it.
A government watchdog plans a variety of activities to scrutinize the data security practices of healthcare providers, including hospitals' security controls over medical devices. It also will take a close look at the HealthCare.gov website.
Security experts disagree about whether the breach of a refrigeration vendor is ultimately to blame for the network attack that compromised Target. Here, they explain their views.
Where do organizations fail when defining privacy, and how can they best leverage technology to ensure privacy protection? Michelle Dennedy of McAfee and Trevor Hughes of the IAPP share perspectives.
Major cyberthreat concerns for banking institutions in 2014 include DDoS attacks, mobile malware, ransomware and insider threats, among others. Experts offer insights on mitigation strategies.
Here's what to expect in the cybersecurity framework, a catalog of tools to be released Feb. 13 that's designed to help critical infrastructure owners develop information security protection programs.
Most organizations today have breach response plans. But far too few test these plans before an incident occurs. Experts Michael Bruemmer and Ronald Raether discuss the essentials of breach response.
Ed Marx, recently named healthcare's CIO of the Year, has strong views on steps that CIOs can take to help ensure data security, including making sure the board of directors is involved.
In the past few months, the "Internet of Things" has gained more attention, and the cybersecurity and privacy implications are only beginning to be addressed in many quarters.
Here's a sampling of the many sessions at RSA 2014 that will provide timely insights for security specialists in the government sector on such topics as vetting foreign technologies and implementing the new cybersecurity framework.
Bipartisanship - a rare commodity on Capitol Hill - manifested itself with the House Homeland Security Committee's approval of a bill aimed to help buttress the cybersecurity of the nation's critical infrastructure.
A recent attack on the server of a Texas healthcare organization exposed information on hundreds of thousands of patients and employees. A security expert outlines steps for preventing and detecting such incidents.
Leading this week's roundup, HP published its annual Cyber Risk Report for 2013, identifying top vulnerabilities and providing analysis of the threatscape. See additional news from Microsoft, Symantec and more.
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