How do we provide mobile applications to our users that fulfill their need for immediate access, but also provide them with assurance that their information is safe? Here are four fundamentals.
Prompted by the WikiLeaks breach, President Obama has issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to implement minimum standards to protect vast amounts of classified data on government computers, networks and systems from insiders.
The goal is admirable: Eliminate all traces of online information about an individual if that's what he or she wants. But is the right to be forgotten an impossible dream?
A long-delayed omnibus package of regulations, including modifications to the HIPAA privacy and security rules, remains tied up in government limbo. When might the new rules be released?
David Sherry, CISO of Brown University, sees the security leadership role transitioning completely to risk and governance over the next few years. What challenges will leaders face along the way?
An executive at a bank in New Jersey that was battered by Hurricane Sandy offers lessons learned, including the importance of having a well-tested, detailed business continuity plan.
Rules for Stage 3 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program are in the works. Find out how to provide feedback on the proposed privacy and security provisions, including authentication requirements.
Farzad Mostashari, who heads the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, told a House panel that the HITECH incentive program is on track to achieve its goals of widespread adoption of EHRs and secure data interchange.
NIST issues its interagency report on supply chain practices as a congressional panel cautions against using Chinese-made components that some lawmakers fear might have been altered to spy on Western governments and businesses.
Despite numerous data breaches, as well as financial incentives and penalties, many healthcare organizations aren't taking risk assessment requirements seriously. Experts offer insights on best practices.
Post-Superstorm Sandy, as security pros prepare for disasters, they must consider the integrity and availability of data - an often overlooked business continuity element, says Alan Berman of DRI.
President Obama has signed a classified presidential directive that reportedly enables the military to act more aggressively to frustrate cyberattacks on government and private computer networks.
For the second time in three months, the Senate on Nov. 14 failed to muster the 60 votes needed to halt a filibuster of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. The vote was 51-47.
An important lesson in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy is the need to beef up contingency plans, including making sure staff members are cross-trained, says Deborah Kobza, CEO of the National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
Incorporating new concepts such as security-control overlays and placing a renewed emphasis on information assurance, the forthcoming guidance is 'a total rewrite' from the 2009 version, NIST's Ron Ross says.
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