Security and privacy professionals should be cautious about the type of information they share with the federal government's intelligence community, says Peter Swire, a former White House privacy counselor.
President Obama wants Americans to trust his administration on the way it collects data from Internet and telephone communications in the search for terrorists. Does the president deserve that trust?
The implementation of IPv6, the new Internet communications protocol, will have a major impact on identity and access management. EMC researcher Davi Ottenheimer explains how organizations should prepare.
Collecting massive amounts of data on individuals, whether in the government or private sector, has become the norm in our society. It's not quite Orwellian, but it's a situation we might have to learn to live with.
With promises of ramped up HIPAA enforcement by federal regulators, and changes in the breach notification rule under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, it's time for organizations to get serious about insider risks.
New York state residents soon will be able to use a health information exchange's portal to securely access all their records, rather than having to gain access from providers one-by-one, explains HIE leader David Whitlinger.
As interest in personalized medicine continues to grow, healthcare providers and researchers will need to be mindful of genomic data privacy and security challenges, says federal adviser Dixie Baker.
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule streamlines the process of obtaining patients' permission for use of their information in medical research projects. Privacy attorney Adam Greene sorts through the details.
A privacy dispute has erupted between the city's public health officials and first responders in the wake of the Boston marathon bombing. Find out what's being debated.
From a risk-management perspective, Bloomberg didn't consider its reputation when it allowed its reporters to track the log activity of Bloomberg Terminal customers.
Unless they earn patients' and providers' trust, healthcare information exchanges are destined to fail. That's why it's essential to tackle key privacy and security issues right away.
Federal advisers will refine recommendations for how patient privacy can be protected when records are queried by clinicians through health information exchanges.
Intel Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer Malcolm Harkins sees having one leader who handles IT security and privacy responsibilities as essential. "At the end of the day," he says, "there's a level of common objectives."
NIST's Ron Ross, a big NASCAR fan, likens new security controls guidance to the tools race-car builders use to prevent drivers from breaking their necks when crashing into a brick wall at 200 miles an hour.
Accountable care organizations face complex data security and privacy issues as patient information is accessed and shared among many providers, says security expert Bill Fox.
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