The Global Payments data breach raises the question: How can organizations detect and respond to such intrusions? Verizon offers answers in its 2011 Investigative Response Caseload Review.
Gartner Analyst Avivah Litan, one of the first fraud experts to report the Global Payments Inc. data breach, says the latest revelations raise more questions than answers about the incident's impact.
As news of the Global Payments Inc. data breach spread, impacted organizations, including the major payment card brands, released statements about the incident. Following are the latest news releases.
In its second formal statement about its data breach, payments processor Global Payments Inc. says this incident is confined to North America and involves fewer than 1.5 million payment cards.
"We are making significant progress in defining and rectifying the event," says Paul R. Garcia, CEO of Global Payments Inc., discussing the breach he says may have exposed 1.5 million payment cards.
"If they can do it against RSA, that makes most of the other companies vulnerable," says Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the military's Cyber Command commander and National Security Agency director.
What factors will federal authorities weigh when determining penalties for a health information breach incident? The nation's lead HIPAA enforcer shares some details.
Backup storage cartridges containing personal information on about 800,000 adults and children in California's child support system were lost during shipment, state officials say.
Payments processing firm Global Payments Inc. has confirmed its role in a data breach that could prove to be the largest such incident since the Heartland Payment Systems breach.
The Global Payments Inc. breach could be one of the four largest card-related incidents in recent years. Here's a look at three other major payment card breaches.
New government guidance on privacy and security for federally funded health information exchanges is an important interim step until a formal regulation is implemented.
Law enforcement officials are conducting an investigation following the discovery of more than 1,000 abortion records in a recycling bin in front of an elementary school in Overland Park, Kan.
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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 federal "wall of shame" tally of major healthcare information breaches has been growing relatively slowly the past two months. But why did the number of individuals affected by breaches grow so much in 2011?
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