When selecting new staff members, many healthcare security leaders say they put more weight on candidates' security expertise than their industry-specific knowledge.
DHS's Greg Schaffer tells the House Homeland Security Committee that the department would lead most responses to cyber attacks but definitive roles won't be determined until the administration completes a national incident response plan.
The significance of these arrests, according to industry analysts: They point to organized crime, and they suggest that its leadership may be shifting.
A new federal "tiger team" on healthcare privacy and security is preparing its first set of recommendations, focusing on making sure healthcare organizations exchanging clinical information take adequate precautions.
A key to the success of emerging healthcare information exchanges is to build trust among physicians and consumers alike by paying close attention to privacy and security issues, says the leader of one HIE in New York.
A new federal healthcare task force on privacy and security will begin spelling out on June 15 its priorities for developing policies governing health information exchanges.
The California Department of Public Health has fined five hospitals a total of $675,000 for failing to prevent unauthorized access to confidential patient medical information.
An earlier reported case of a stolen unencrypted laptop that led to a breach of information on New Mexico Medicaid patients also affects Medicaid patients in Tennessee.
The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act also would replace paper-based FISMA compliance with continuous monitoring of technology systems and assaults by "friendly hackers" to test IT vulnerabilities.
A new federal healthcare task force on privacy and security, which will hold its first meetings June 10 and 11, will initially focus on policies and standards for the exchange of health information.
The guide defines a seven-step contingency planning process that agencies should apply to develop and maintain a viable contingency planning program for their information systems.
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