Our analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data suggests that discouraged workers who stopped looking for information technology jobs at the height of the recession have returned to the workforce with hopes of landing new positions.
Investing in science, technology and math, not only will produce needed cybersecurity pros, but will generate stronger economic growth in the coming decade, says Patrick Gorman, former associate director of national intelligence.
Organizations today approach social media one of three ways: They embrace it, ignore it or are immobilized by it. The key to success is to manage the transition.
Researchers soon will offer recommendations on best practices for de-identifying data for research studies to protect patient privacy, a security issue highlighted in the HITECH Act.
A governmentwide coordination council soon will make recommendations on healthcare security issues, said David Blumenthal, the Department of Health and Human Services' national coordinator for health information technology.
Federal officials are still months away from submitting an overdue report to Congress on privacy and security requirements for personal health records vendors, which are not covered by HIPAA.
For the second time in recent weeks, organizations with ties to the Mayo Clinic have announced staff firings as a result of inappropriate access to confidential personal health information.
Hospitals are reaching different conclusions about whether biometrics technology needs to be paired with single sign-on systems to provide physicians and nurses with easier, yet more secure access to electronic health records.
Five people have been indicted in connection with an alleged scheme to use patient information stolen at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to commit credit card fraud.
One of the nation's largest healthcare systems is ramping up its information security efforts as it spends $1.3 billion to implement comprehensive electronic health records and related technologies.
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