To help reduce reliance on passwords, the FIDO Alliance is developing standard technical specifications for advanced authentication. Michael Barrett and Daniel Almenara of FIDO describe the impact the effort could have in 2014.
The hacking of Skype's Twitter account, Facebook site and blog serves as a reminder that organizations must diligently protect their credentials, a cybersecurity expert says.
As a result of a settlement with the FTC tied to a 2011 health data breach, Accretive Health, a billing company, must take a series of security steps to better safeguard health information.
Leon Rodriguez, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, could leave the HIPAA enforcement agency to become the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services if his presidential nomination is formalized and he wins Senate approval.
Breach detection provider FireEye has acquired incident response and remediation services company Mandiant , forming a formidable company that can provide soup-to-nuts products and services to detect, mitigate and respond to breaches.
A second top-ranking official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is departing in the wake of problems with the launch of HealthCare.gov, the website for Obamacare.
Days after a German newspaper reported that the NSA had compromised commercial computer hardware and smart phones for years, the agency says it, too, is concerned about the security of those products.
Healthcare entities are increasingly turning to the cloud, and regulators are increasingly focused on cloud service providers' security. Time to ensure those business associate agreements are in order, says Symantec's Rick Bryant.
Buried deep within a 308-page report from a presidential panel on ways to tighten federal surveillance and IT security programs are important recommendations on how to mitigate the insider threat at federal agencies.
2014 may well be the "Year of Security," and IT security pros must prepare now for new job demands. ISACA's Robert Stroud offers five New Year's resolutions to help prepare for 2014's security trends.
Many business leaders lack a clear understanding of the value of identity and access management. CISO Christopher Paidhrin offers a scenario for how to make the case for an IAM investment.
Another federal investigation of a relatively small health data breach has resulted in a financial penalty, this time for a physician group practice in Massachusetts. Find out the details behind the settlement.
American and Russian negotiators met last month to discuss cybersecurity issues, including the use of the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers to improve communications between the two nations to mitigate malicious cyber-activity.
Target has confirmed that encrypted PINs associated with debit transactions conducted between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 were compromised. But the retailer contends the risk to cardholders is low.
A federal district judge in New York upheld the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's program to collect metadata of phone calls made by Americans. The ruling conflicts with another federal judge's recent decision.
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