The plan identifies opportunities to engage the private sector in activities for transitioning promising R&D into practice. It prioritizes the development of a "science of security" to derive first principles and the fundamental building blocks of security and trustworthiness.
If management awareness of information security issues increases, will an organization's commitment to securing practices and policies also increase? This is the question answered by an eye-opening new study.
The Justice Department reports that it has recovered more than $5.6 billion in fraud this year, including $2.9 billion in healthcare fraud. The total fraud recovery is up 167 percent since 2008.
The lack of uniformity in federal and state privacy and security requirements is creating major challenges for health information managers attempting to comply, says Lynne Thomas Gordon, the new CEO of the American Health Information Management Association.
Every organization likes its business continuity/disaster recovery plan before a disaster, says Al Berman of DRI International. But in the aftermath? Different story - and one that must be addressed in 2012.
Smaller hospitals and clinics soon will get some extra guidance from federal regulators about preparing risk assessments. But a federal advisory group has urged the Department of Health and Human Services to offer far more guidance on a variety of information security issues.
With many questions left unanswered regarding comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, the future seems bleak. But there's hope, says Jacob Olcott, a former top Capitol Hill staffer on cybersecurity matters.
The firing of a hospital staff member who inappropriately accessed former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's records sends a strong signal about the importance of protecting patient privacy.
Dice.com reports a 79 percent increase in the total number of information security jobs posted to its site. What are the five hottest career prospects for aspiring pros?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology issues preliminary guidance on BIOS integrity and common remediation enumeration. NIST also publishes its final guidance on key derivation.
Deven McGraw, co-chair of the Privacy and Security Tiger Team that's advising federal healthcare regulators, explains why she's frustrated by delays in rolling out new regulations to protect electronic health records and safeguard the exchange of patient information.
New York-Presbyterian Hospital has developed a breach response checklist that others should consider as they create their breach resolution game plans.
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