With a court decision handed down in Texas, a lingering lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems and two acquiring banks, KeyBank and Heartland Bank, appears to finally have been put to rest.
CIO Roger Baker concurs with auditor's recommendations, saying the Department of Veterans Affairs has "embarked on a cultural transformation" and that "securing information is everyone's responsibility."
Science Applications International Corp. claims it has enough insurance to cover the costs of potential judgments or settlements stemming from seven class action lawsuits related to a September 2011 breach incident affecting 4.9 million TRICARE beneficiaries.
Ignorance is not bliss. Two new studies, when viewed together, show that consumers' ignorance of the consequences of their actions coupled with enterprises' unawareness of their computing environment equal unacceptable risk.
The Health IT Policy Committee plans to make recommendations for privacy and security changes in the proposed Stage 2 rules for the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program.
Rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program are a work in progress, so there's still time to comment on the privacy and security provisions.
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The proposed rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program "are going to bring a lot of new and challenging privacy and security issues to the forefront," says attorney Adam Greene.
Gartner Analyst Avivah Litan, one of the first fraud experts to report the Global Payments Inc. data breach, says the latest revelations raise more questions than answers about the incident's impact.
"We are making significant progress in defining and rectifying the event," says Paul R. Garcia, CEO of Global Payments Inc., discussing the breach he says may have exposed 1.5 million payment cards.
"If they can do it against RSA, that makes most of the other companies vulnerable," says Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the military's Cyber Command commander and National Security Agency director.
What factors will federal authorities weigh when determining penalties for a health information breach incident? The nation's lead HIPAA enforcer shares some details.
Payments processing firm Global Payments Inc. has confirmed its role in a data breach that could prove to be the largest such incident since the Heartland Payment Systems breach.
New government guidance on privacy and security for federally funded health information exchanges is an important interim step until a formal regulation is implemented.
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