Hacktivists' phase 3 DDoS attacks against U.S. financial services firms have entered their eighth week, and FS-ISAC spokesman Greg Garcia says concerns are mounting that a criminal element to the attacks could emerge.
Business associates continue to play a starring role in many major health data breaches, the federal breach tally shows. But under HIPAA Omnibus, could even more business associates be implicated?
As data protection regulations continue to be refined, organizations throughout Europe are more sensitive to privacy restrictions in individual countries, says Dwayne Melancon, CTO of Tripwire.
Distributed-denial-of-service attacks are increasing against European banking institutions. But UK consultant Mark Child says if banks are worried about DDoS, then they have bigger security problems.
A 143-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average proves the power of social media and the havoc it can cause when an account gets hacked. It's time for social media companies to tighten the authentication process.
The UK government pledges at Infosecurity Europe to help businesses improve cybersecurity. But it's going to take more than vouchers and training to address Europe's top threats to security and privacy.
Sam Curry, chief technologist at RSA, says healthcare organizations need to build a long-term user authentication strategy that creates a comprehensive framework.
Improving information sharing while maintaining control over access to that information is a primary goal of new guidance coming from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, local hospital CIOs John Halamka and Jim Noga share some of the lessons learned about business continuity planning.
Should IT security practitioners be deemed professionals like those in medicine and law? That's not an easy question to answer, says Ronald Sanders, former human capital officer at the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Distributed-denial-of-service attacks jumped significantly in 2012. And it's not just banking institutions that are victims, Verizon finds in its just-released Data Breach Investigations Report.
A new report by several GOP senators raises questions about the HITECH Act's electronic health record incentive program, including concerns about data security and privacy. But the senators overlook a number of key issues.
European banks are the latest distributed-denial-of-service attack targets. But experts say these attacks apparently are not linked to the strikes U.S. banks have battled in recent months.
The Department of Health and Human Services is considering a HIPAA amendment that could make it easier for states to report identities of certain mental health patients to a federal background check database for gun purchases.
The European parliament recently voted to extend and strengthen the European Network and Information Security Agency. What does this news mean for Europe's top cybersecurity agency and for the state of emerging threats across Europe?
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