With the surge in use of tablets, smart phones and other mobile devices, it's good to see some privacy and security best practice guidance is in the works.
What steps can smaller organizations and their vendors take to ensure security and regulatory compliance? They must transcend what researcher Wendy Nather calls the 'Security Poverty Line.' See how.
President Obama uttered the term "cyber" only once in his 7,200-word State of the Union address Tuesday night, but that fleeting moment about an hour into the speech could prove significant.
The Privacy and Security Tiger Team, which advises federal healthcare regulators, likely will not meet again until after a batch of new regulations is released in the first quarter, says co-chair Deven McGraw.
One reason why encryption is not more broadly used in healthcare is that so many organizations lack an updated risk assessment that identifies the role the technology can play in improving security, says attorney Amy Leopard.
Bringing Your Own Device raises jitters among employers, who worry about exposing or losing sensitive data, and employees, who fret about their bosses spying on them. Despite these anxieties, the trend will continue because that's what people want.
IT security leaders rely on penetration testing to determine whether applications are secure. But penetration tests can't be a primary source of assurance, says Jeff Williams, co-founder of OWASP.
With the tardy addition of the Sutter Health breach, the federal "wall of shame" tally of major healthcare information breaches now includes 385 incidents affecting more than 19 million individuals since September 2009.
Federal regulators are offering a hint about which of the pending rules affecting healthcare information privacy and security will be the first to be issued this year.
Does the U.S. government's shuttering of the file-sharing website Megaupload.com show that new laws are not needed to battle intellectual property piracy? Brookings's Allan Friedman believes it does.
Wikipedia.org founder Jimmy Wales pledges to shutter the online encyclopedia from midnight Tuesday to midnight Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation before Congress that he contends would threaten Internet freedom if enacted.
The first step toward avoiding a data breach: Be aware of and learn from other organizations' mistakes. Listen to hear attorney David Szabo's top three tips for breach prevention and detection.
Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt recognizes the need to battle online piracy to protect U.S. intellectual property but contends legislation before Congress to do just that would unacceptably curtail Internet freedom and increase cybersecurity risks.
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