The latest component of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' ongoing effort to protect medical devices from malware is the creation of a centralized patch management system, says Randy Ledsome, the VA's acting director of field security operations.
Northrop Grumman Cybersecurity Research Consortium's Robert Brammer says IT security researchers should think like Wayne Gretzky, the National Hockey League hall of famer: Skate to where the puck will be.
Facebook's facial recognition feature clearly impacts the privacy profession and workplace by creating new challenges and raising significant concerns on the issue of trust.
As the Sony and Epsilon breaches show, privacy is now in the news media every day. And organizations need to be prepared to address the issue, says Trevor Hughes, executive director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Be vigilant about online security, DHS says, as part of its Stop, Think, Connect cybersecurity awareness campaign. Users' money and identity are at risk without proper safeguards.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a key provision of a tough state medical privacy law is not preempted by federal regulations. The evolving case, which eventually could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court or grow into a class action case at the state level, is worth watching.
Not all shootings, fires and accidents are of equal import, regardless of the dramatic visuals they may produce. The same can be said about information security breaches.
The Privacy and Security Tiger Team is recommending that electronic health records software certified for the HITECH Act's EHR incentive program should be able to record corrections from patients or providers as well as transmit those corrections to others.
A plan to launch a national database of certain federal healthcare claims data has been revised and downsized to address some, but not all, of the concerns that privacy advocates voiced.
Starting July 1, the Department of Health and Human Services will use predictive modeling technology to help identify fraudulent Medicare claims before they're paid.
It's not easy to read into LulzSec's motivation. They seem intolerant of those who know the rules but fail to follow them, such as IT security professionals who reuse passwords. They're brazen, and they're in it for the laughs.
A nurse who formerly worked at several Denver-area hospitals has been arrested on 90 felony charges of identity theft and theft of medical records, the Adams County District Attorney's office confirms.
Organizations are starting to adapt to cloud computing, but they're hesitant about placing their core assets in the online environment, according to results from the 2011 ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer.
Kundra joined the Obama administration in March 2009 as administrator for e-government and IT at OMB and given the additional title of chief information officer, the first person to officially hold that post.
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