Small, rural hospitals that lack the resources to conduct a thorough risk assessment should seek out grants to fund hiring outside experts to complete the task, one hospital CEO advises.
With baby boomers reaching the retirement stage, and the first throngs of Gen Y entering the information security workplace, the profession is evolving - and gaining new definition.
Our analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data suggests that discouraged workers who stopped looking for information technology jobs at the height of the recession have returned to the workforce with hopes of landing new positions.
When it comes to business continuity and disaster recovery planning, it isn't the cause of the disaster that's the concern - it's the potentially devastating effects.
This week's top news and views: Building Public Trust in Secure EHRs; Encryption's Role in Risk Management. And don't miss our audio week-in-review podcast by Editorial Director Tom Field.
Healthcare organizations need to develop a better understanding of how encryption fits as one of many components in a broad security strategy, says Mac McMillan, CEO at CynergisTek.
Investing in science, technology and math, not only will produce needed cybersecurity pros, but will generate stronger economic growth in the coming decade, says Patrick Gorman, former associate director of national intelligence.
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.
Researchers soon will offer recommendations on best practices for de-identifying data for research studies to protect patient privacy, a security issue highlighted in the HITECH Act.
A governmentwide coordination council soon will make recommendations on healthcare security issues, said David Blumenthal, the Department of Health and Human Services' national coordinator for health information technology.
Federal officials are still months away from submitting an overdue report to Congress on privacy and security requirements for personal health records vendors, which are not covered by HIPAA.
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