Whether or not Congress enacts cyberthreat intelligence sharing legislation, the IT security community is moving forward with its own information sharing initiatives, MS-ISAC Chairman William Pelgrin says.
As a result of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, business associates need to develop a HIPAA-compliant culture, says healthcare privacy attorney Gerry Hinkley, who explains the essential steps involved.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, has offered Congress a glimpse at its security and privacy priorities for next year. Let us know what you think of the to-do list.
Federal regulators are proposing that the state health insurance exchanges created under healthcare reform must report data breaches within an hour. Is that a reasonable requirement?
Here are some questions we'd like to ask the former systems administrator at the National Security Agency to learn more about the motivation behind his leak of the U.S. government's top-secret information collection programs.
At a hearing held by a federal advisory panel, health information exchange leaders spelled out some of the key privacy-related issues they're tackling. Learn more about the top challenges they face.
Although major healthcare data breaches appear to be on the decline this year, losses and thefts of unencrypted devices continue to be a problem. Bill Lazarus of Stanford Medicine explains how his organization is tackling the issue.
Recent moves by federal agencies are finally giving medical device security the long overdue spotlight it deserves. And if you're looking for best practices, the VA has some to offer.
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?
Despite the new instructions on breach notification in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, there's still plenty of uncertainty about what constitutes a "compromise" of data that triggers notification, says privacy attorney Adam Greene.
Advanced threats and mobile security were the buzzwords of the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. What new insights did thought-leaders share, and how can they reshape our security posture?
A breach at 97-bed Troy Regional Medical Center in Alabama spotlights why even small, cash-strapped hospitals need to ramp up their information security efforts.
Prime Healthcare Services, a 23-hospital system based in California, has agreed to pay $275,000 as part of an HHS resolution agreement in a HIPAA privacy case involving one of its hospitals.
The new HIPAA Omnibus Resource Center provides timely insights for covered entities and business associates trying to meet the Sept. 23 compliance deadline for compliance with the new rule.
Secure messaging based on the Direct Protocol may eventually be applied globally because of worldwide interest in health information exchange, some backers say. The protocol incorporates international standards.
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