When it comes to protecting your organization and your customers from a data breach, what is considered "reasonable security?"
This question is at the center of several ongoing lawsuits, and how the courts answer it may be one of the biggest stories of 2010.
Shedding light on this hot topic is David Navetta,...
The Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday that is has notified nearly 100 organizations that their peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks have been sharing information with the wrong people.
Michael Frederick, chief information security officer at Baylor Healthcare System in Dallas, is using the HITRUST Common Security Framework to help ease the task of complying with multiple regulations.
In an interview, Frederick, who heads a staff of 22, describes how the framework is helping him achieve several...
Application security is rapidly becoming the next hot focus area for information security professionals.
Momentum began to build in 2008, when Information Security Media Group's (ISMG) Application Security Survey showed that 90% of respondents saw application security as somewhat or a significant part of their...
The Information Security Today Career Trends Survey identifies three distinct education trends re: information assurance:
Information security professionals seek advanced degrees;
Organizations are footing at least part of the bill for training;
Online education is an increasingly common and effective...
The issue of how existing online banking networks could be used to ease the exchange of healthcare information will be addressed at a "medical banking" conference in Atlanta Feb. 28-March 2.
The Medical Banking Institute is sponsored by the HIMSS Medical Banking Project. The Healthcare Information and Management...
TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid program, recently sent letters with personal information on about 3,900 enrollees to the wrong addresses, state officials confirmed.
Every year, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's conference offers a crash course on all aspects of applying information technology in healthcare. This year's show, to be held Feb. 28-March 4 in Atlanta, will offer more content than ever on privacy, security, compliance and risk management...
Increasingly, digital forensics is an important element of an information security program for organizations of all types and sizes.
But where can security leaders find qualified forensics professionals? How can these professionals obtain the skills and expertise they need to be successful?
Rob Lee of Mandiant...
Four small, rural hospitals in Texas have come up with a clever way to help each other implement electronic health records, as well as securely exchange patient information.
Choosing the right form of encryption is essential when attempting to comply with the HITECH Act, says consultant Rebecca Herold.
In an interview, Herold:
Stresses that healthcare organizations can gain an exemption from the HITECH requirement to report data breaches only if they use specific NIST-approved...
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