Organizations in all business sectors should take a series of steps to guard against "visual hacking," a low-tech method used to capture sensitive, confidential and private information for unauthorized use.
The Ebola crisis has prompted federal regulators to issue special guidance offering reminders about how the HIPAA Privacy Rule governs the sharing of patient information in emergency situations.
The secure national exchange of patients' health information for use in treatment will make progress once "we simplify what we say when we're explaining privacy to people," says Lucia Savage, new chief privacy officer of ONC.
Legal experts are analyzing the potential national impact of a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that plaintiffs can sue for negligence if a healthcare provider violates HIPAA regulations for protecting patient privacy.
The logjam in Congress on passing significant cybersecurity legislation could be broken when Republicans assume control of the Senate next year. Here's why.
Offering HIPAA compliance refresher training to hospital staff members is urgent, says privacy attorney Brad Rostolsky, because of the risks that could come with treating patients infected with Ebola.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., the presumptive chairman of the Senate committee with government IT security oversight, hasn't immersed himself heavily in cybersecurity issues during his 4-year Senate tenure.
The breach of an unclassified White House IT network unveiled last week is disturbing, although not surprising. But the way the Obama administration is informing Congress - and the public - about the cyber-attack is equally unsettling.
In new guidance from the PCI Council, its leaders outline why businesses that handle card data need to address employee education. Here, experts explain why this guidance is a positive step for card security.
A settlement finalized this past week in a class action lawsuit filed in 1997 against Tenet Healthcare for a privacy breach involving thousands of patients' paper records offers important lessons for healthcare providers today.
The revelation that Karen DeSalvo, M.D., head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, will be retaining her leadership role at the agency even as she takes on additional duties is raising new questions.
Last week, Karen DeSalvo, M.D., was promoted to acting assistant secretary of health to help with the nation's Ebola response. This week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT says she will also maintain her ONC leadership role.
Steph Warren, CIO of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, provides an overview of the VA's cybersecurity landscape and reveals what security issue keeps him up at night.
The annual Amsterdam gathering of information security aficionados detailed the very latest hacking threats, including cybersecurity attacks via drone, sniffing data from fitness devices, and exploiting ATMs using Raspberry Pi computers.
Sophisticated threats require advanced threat protection. A threat-focused next-generation firewall must adhere to three strategic imperatives. Learn how these imperatives improve defense against advanced threats.
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