Security experts at this week's Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit agree: Security, not compliance, has to be the new focus. Cyberintrusions cannot be stopped, and the RSA breach should be a lesson to the industry.
Farzad Mostashari, who heads the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, has described why electronic health records play an important role in disaster preparedness.
Facebook's facial recognition feature clearly impacts the privacy profession and workplace by creating new challenges and raising significant concerns on the issue of trust.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a key provision of a tough state medical privacy law is not preempted by federal regulations. The evolving case, which eventually could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court or grow into a class action case at the state level, is worth watching.
Not all shootings, fires and accidents are of equal import, regardless of the dramatic visuals they may produce. The same can be said about information security breaches.
Organizations are starting to adapt to cloud computing, but they're hesitant about placing their core assets in the online environment, according to results from the 2011 ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer.
"While securing energy, financial, health and other resources remain vital, the future of the innovation and the economy will depend on the success of Internet companies and ensuring that these companies are trusted and secure is essential," Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says.
Security consultant Rebecca Herold says that although the proposed Accounting of Disclosures rule poses challenges, it would provide patients with useful information about who accesses their records.
Recent hacks have uncovered security vulnerabilities that should have been addressed years ago. "These attacks are going to escalate," says Josh Corman of The 451 Group. But organizations can implement basic steps to make the hackers' job harder.
If you need one more reason to take additional steps to prevent health information breaches, here's something to consider. An attorney argues that if breaches, and their high costs, are not brought under control, "I think where we are headed is to an insurance crisis."
Organizations need to constantly conduct risk assessments in order to improve the storage and protection of critical data, says David Finn, Health Information Technology Officer at Symantec.
Security expert Kate Borten contends the proposed accounting of disclosures rule's requirement to provide patients with a report listing those who have accessed their records is a good idea.
What's the top threat on the minds of global IT leaders? Employee-owned mobile devices - or BYOD (bring your own device), as the trend is known. The struggle: Do mobile device benefits outweigh the organizational risks?
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