A major breach affecting thousands of University of Washington Medicine patients highlights the need for organizations to safeguard sensitive data from malware. Find out what steps experts recommend.
Can the two most feared nations in cyberspace finally come to an agreement to stop hacking each other and stealing confidential data? Here's one peace-making approach worthy of consideration.
You can be outraged that the NSA collects Internet communications records of U.S. citizens. But don't be surprised, says sociologist William Staples. This is just one example of our "culture of surveillance."
Many healthcare providers and their business associates have a long way to go with their HIPAA compliance efforts. But two new resources from federal regulators could help pave the way to better security.
To improve cyberthreat and cybercrime information sharing, law enforcement officials and business leaders need to develop better working relationships, says federal prosecutor Erez Liebermann.
Three recent privacy incidents at health insurance exchanges, including one in Vermont, involved consumers getting the wrong person's data. Privacy experts offer insights on lessons learned.
NIST will soon start writing the "final" version of its cybersecurity framework, a guide to information security best practices for operators of the nation's critical infrastructure. But should it be beta tested?
Joy Pritts, chief privacy officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, offers insights on the best ways to prevent data breaches involving lost or stolen devices or records snooping.
Business associates have been involved with fewer major health data breaches so far this year, compared with 2012. Are they getting better at prevention, or are they just under-reporting breaches?
Figuring out how Edward Snowden breached NSA computers is sort of like solving a puzzle. Take public information and match it with an understanding of how organizations get hacked, and the pieces seem to fall into place.
When health information breaches involving identity theft occur, problems can resurface for patients and providers. Find out how some Sutter Health patients are still being victimized.
Attorneys discuss the significance of the 10-year prison sentence for hacker Jeremy Hammond, who pleaded guilty in connection with a 2011 breach of Stratfor, a global intelligence firm that provides services to the U.S. government.
A North Carolina state website that provides the public with transparency into government spending inadvertently listed personal data on 1,300 patients. A security expert offers insights on preventing such breaches.
Now that business associates are directly liable for HIPAA compliance, they need to ensure they perform a thorough risk analysis to identify gaps in their controls, says consultant Andrew Hicks.
Top Obama administration IT leaders testified to a Congressional committee Nov. 13 about the technical woes of the HealthCare.gov website. Learn what they had to say about important security issues.
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