The UK Information Commissioner's Office has fined Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust £90,000 for a breach involving patient lists repeatedly faxed to the wrong recipient.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns of a scheme involving pop-up windows through which fraudsters trick travelers into installing bogus software updates. The "updates" are really malware installations.
Farzad Mostashari, who heads the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, will be the keynote speaker at a June 6-7 conference organized by consumer advocacy group Patient Privacy Rights.
Federal authorities have selected another 95 healthcare organizations that will be audited for HIPAA compliance this year and notification is continuing. Find out more details in this progress report.
Some of the most-connected people in D.C.'s cybersecurity community never heard of Michael Daniel, who will succeed Howard Schmidt when he retires as White House cybersecurity coordinator. Here's the skinny on Daniel.
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a report on the risks involved in using wireless medical devices and other mobile technologies in healthcare and the best practices for mitigating threats.
Attorney Adam Greene offers insights on what organizations should be doing now to prepare for compliance with the proposed rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program.
Do you have the right personality type to flourish in an IT security role? Laurence Shatkin, author of "50 Best Jobs for Your Personality," offers tips for finding the job that truly fits your type.
From mobile and the cloud to DDoS attacks and risks surrounding big data, what should banks and credit unions do now to mitigate exposure? Gartner's Anton Chuvakin offers his top recommendations.
A U.S. appellate court decision in a case involving a jail term for a HIPAA violator offers an important reminder of the potential consequences for accessing patient records without a valid reason.
Michael Daniel, who as chief of the White House budget office's intelligence branch has extensive background in IT security, will replace Schmidt as cybersecurity coordinator.
New alerts from Visa and MasterCard suggest that the breach at payments processor Global Payments Inc. dates back to January 2011 - an exposure window significantly longer than what was originally reported.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has taken several steps in the wake of a hacker attack against an unencrypted server that exposed state health department information on 780,000 individuals. Experts assess whether the steps are the right moves.
Personal information for more than 700,000 home care providers and recipients was lost in the mail, according to the California Department of Social Services.
How much card fraud can issuers link to the breach at Global Payments? Some sources suggest as many as 7 million payment cards may have been exposed, but how can they be so sure?
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