Phyllis Schneck, the next deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, comes to the job with a different set of experiences than her predecessors - and that could prove valuable.
DDoS attacks launched by hacktivists are often viewed as little more than an interruption to online services. But Terry Ray of Imperva highlights a greater worry hidden behind these attacks.
What is it going to take to address current and future IT security staffing needs? One answer: Attracting young, bright minds that are up for the challenges ahead, says USC's Winnie Callahan.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cutting it close with deadlines to address the security risks of a project vital to new state health insurance exchanges slated to begin operations Oct. 1, a new report concludes.
Farzad Mostashari, M.D., who has championed programs of the HITECH Act over the last two years as national coordinator for health IT, announced Aug. 6 that he will be leaving his post in the fall.
The best ideas to secure the Internet do not come from the top-down government approach imposed by some foreign governments, but from the openness derived by a multi-stakeholder process, says Christopher Painter, America's top cyber diplomat.
Having a CISO within an organization can help in holding down data breach costs, says the Ponemon Institute's Larry Ponemon, who, along with Symantec's Robert Hamilton, analyzes new survey results.
Who is Izz ad-Din al-Qassam? In this analysis, Information Security Media Group weighs the evidence about whether this is an independent hacktivist group or a front for a nation-state or a crime ring.
New York's statewide health information exchange is leading a groundbreaking effort to enable patients to securely access their own records from different clinicians via one portal. HIE leader David Whitlinger shares the security details.
As IPv6, the new Internet protocol, moves closer to implementation, security options will be enhanced, says EMC researcher Davi Ottenheimer. But what about the new challenges? Here, he reviews what to expect.
What's most fascinating about the nomination of Suzanne Spaulding to be undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security's National Protection and Programs Directorate is the fact that many of those in the know didn't realize the post was vacant.
As Riverside Medical Center in Illinois prepares for HIPAA Omnibus Rule compliance, it's facing push-back from some business associates about new requirements, says Erik Devine, chief security officer.
The hotline, the communications link established between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War to avert a nuclear war, is being used to warn of potential cyber and environmental crises, the State Department's Christopher Painter says.
In this week's breach roundup, Walgreens plans to appeal a $1.4 million penalty a jury issued after a pharmacist inappropriately reviewed and shared a woman's prescription history.
Two recent incidents at Oregon Health & Science University involved inappropriate storage of unencrypted patient information in the cloud. Experts weigh in on the fogginess of HIPAA Omnibus regarding cloud providers.
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