As healthcare organizations make broader use of wireless networks and devices, they must develop an aggressive risk management plan to address security threats, says security expert Rebecca Herold.
Federal authorities have charged 44 alleged members and associates of an Armenian-American organized crime enterprise in connection with two massive insurance fraud schemes.
The emergence of Bugat is an attempt by cyber criminals to diversify their attack tools, using a platform that is similar to Zeus, but harder to detect.
Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs have formally launched "blue button" projects that enable patients to more easily download certain health information from secure websites.
If patients express interest in joining online health communities that enable them to compare notes with others who have similar conditions, make sure they're aware of the privacy risks.
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.
"Signatures are not going to be the way of the future because we don't have time to put a name or a pattern on enemy behaviors and pass it out and block it," says Phyllis Schneck, McAfee chief technology officer/public sector.
In the year since the breach notification rule for personal health records took effect, no major breaches affecting 500 or more individuals have been reported, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Pairing a single sign-on system with two authentication technologies enables a small hospital in rural Iowa to provide easier access to electronic health records while ensuring only appropriate clinicians view patient information.
To help fight fraud, computer scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology offer some insight on how to protect commercial and consumer computers from keylogger infection.
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