Kevin Johnson, SANS instructor and security expert, on what you need to know about Stuxnet, Twitter worms and other new threats to organizations and privacy.
The Markle Foundation's "blue button" concept for enabling patients to download their records from a secure website is suitable for a wide variety of healthcare organizations, says Josh Lemieux, the foundation's director of personal health technology.
Detailed patient consent recommendations that a privacy and security "tiger team" recently completed are just a starting point toward giving patients far more control over their healthcare information, the co-chair of the team acknowledges.
Of the 28 incidents added to the official federal tally of major healthcare information breaches in the past month, two-thirds involved the theft or loss of unencrypted computer devices.
The United States should look to the European Union for examples of how to successfully protect the privacy of patient information, the co-author of a new report on electronic health records says.
Organizations today approach social media one of three ways: They embrace it, ignore it or are immobilized by it. The key to success is to manage the transition.
Defense contractors need hands-on candidates who can understand the technical and business issues within the government. Problem is: The demand for these candidates is clearly ahead of the current supply.
This year has seen a significant shift in the healthcare data protection landscape - both in terms of regulatory compliance and the predominant threats. How should healthcare/security leaders prioritize their efforts?
Hospital association lawyer, Melissa Bianchi, testifying before a Senate panel seeks exemptions for healthcare providers from the bill's beach notification rules because they're already covered by HIPAA.
For most organizations, the biggest barrier to cloud computing is fear - "Will my data be secure?" It's time to tackle that fear head-on, says Jeff Reich, director of the Institute of Cybersecurity at the University of Texas, San Antonio.
Federal regulators are seeking comments on a newly proposed rule designed to crack down against payment fraud for all federal health programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs.
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