A CEO's experience dealing with the aftermath of an information breach caused by the theft of an unencrypted laptop offers valuable lessons. Read about his real-world advice.
A California health system is notifying about 30,000 patients that their personal health information was accessible via search engines for about a year.
Sens. Joseph Lieberman and John McCain, often legislative allies, spar over provisions of a major cybersecurity bill that McCain contends unduly burdens business with regulations and that Democratic leaders want to rush to enact.
One of the most important ways to prevent breaches is to make widespread use of encryption, especially for mobile devices and media, says security expert Melodi Mosley Gates. Here are few practical tips for leaders.
To kick off a year-long effort to develop best practice guidance, the Department of Health and Human Services will host a roundtable discussion March 16 on safeguarding health information on mobile devices.
Going to RSA Conference? Don't miss ISMG's presentations on cloud security and the faces of fraud. Also, ISMG editors will host a meet & greet reception on Tuesday at the event. Click for details.
RSA Conference 2012 opens Feb. 27 in San Francisco, and for the third straight year Information Security Media Group will be a Platinum Media Sponsor. What's on the agenda at this world-class security event?
President Obama's proposed fiscal 2013 budget would cut by 5 percent the budget for the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, which enforces HIPAA.
What are today's key hiring factors? What are the top skills needed from information security professionals in 2012? See the results of a new Career Impact Survey just released by (ISC)2.
Federal authorities recovered nearly $4.1 billion in fraudulent healthcare payments in fiscal 2011, the largest amount ever recovered in a single year.
The long-awaited, wide-ranging cybersecurity legislation that would update the laws that govern how the federal government would secure its IT systems and help safeguard vital private networks has been introduced in the Senate.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference, to be held Feb. 20-24 in Las Vegas, will offer a wealth of educational content on privacy and security issues.
President Obama, at a Virginia community college, outlines his budget that calls for strengthening government cybersecurity as the administration plans to reduce overall IT spending by more than a half-billion next year.
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