In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including employees being fired after viewing health information inappropriately, and a health exchange facing a "graffiti" hack.
In the past, just writing "privacy pro" on a business card could get you into the field. "That's not the case today," says the IAPP's Trevor Hughes, who details today's challenges for privacy professionals.
Among Patricia Titus' first priorities as CISO at Symantec: re-focusing the company's security team. One year later, find out how she developed a broader-thinking unit with a new view on security.
"With the increasing breadth and depth of cyberattacks ... risk assessments provide important information to guide and inform the selection of appropriate defensive measures so organizations can respond effectively," guidance coauthor Ron Ross says.
A recent appellate court ruling might pave the way for the first U.S. class action lawsuit involving a health data breach to move forward to trial. Find out the details of this potentially groundbreaking case.
Two hefty fines issued as part of recent HIPAA settlements reveal that the Office for Civil Rights is getting tougher on enforcing compliance - especially when it comes to risk assessments.
The push to implement electronic health records is fueling demand for information security professionals, especially at smaller and mid-sized organizations. Learn about the latest career trends.
The Government Accountability Office justifies the need for further action, noting that malware variants aimed at mobile devices have risen to 40,000 from 14,000 in less than a year.
The PCI Security Standards Council has issued new guidelines on mobile payment acceptance security. What are the key recommendations? The council's Bob Russo and Troy Leach discuss the new guidance.
States preparing to roll out online health insurance exchanges in 2014 need to pay special attention to authenticating users, says Bryce Williams, who heads a commercial exchange.
Organizations mulling the purchase of cyber insurance should vet their brokers to see if they truly understand policies that provide breach protection, cyber liability lawyer Richard Bortnick says.
Experts analyze a recent decision by federal regulators to back away from issuing voluntary "rules of the road" for secure health information and offer predictions for what happens next.
For the second time in three months, federal authorities have issued a hefty financial penalty stemming from a HIPAA compliance investigation after a relatively small breach. Find out all the details.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed several ways to improve post-market medical device surveillance for adverse events and safety issues, including malware-related incidents. Find out the details of a new report.
September is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. How should organizations in the potential path of these storms assess preparedness? Alan Berman of the Disaster Recovery Institute advises.
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