What factors will federal authorities weigh when determining penalties for a health information breach incident? The nation's lead HIPAA enforcer shares some details.
Backup storage cartridges containing personal information on about 800,000 adults and children in California's child support system were lost during shipment, state officials say.
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.
The Global Payments Inc. breach could be one of the four largest card-related incidents in recent years. Here's a look at three other major payment card breaches.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is ramping up its privacy and security training efforts and plans to eventually deny network access to those who have not had training within the past year.
Cloud computing continues to be a hot topic for organizations, says Entrust's David Rockvam. What issues should be top-of-mind when using the cloud, and how can organizations ensure security?
Law enforcement officials are conducting an investigation following the discovery of more than 1,000 abortion records in a recycling bin in front of an elementary school in Overland Park, Kan.
Health information exchanges that have received federal funding now have a new set of federal recommendations for privacy and security policies and procedures.
Today's threat landscape is challenging enough. But what happens when organized crime adopts the techniques developed by hacktivists? Learn more about the top 10 threats to security by 2014.
The Health Information Trust Alliance is seeking participants in a new working group that will help incorporate privacy requirements into the HITRUST Common Security Framework.
Information Security Media Group announces the launch of two new weekly newsletter tracks representing its DataBreachToday and InfoRiskToday media sites. Click for details on how to subscribe.
The FTC proposes that privacy protections be built at every stage in developing online products and consumers be given the option to decide what information is shared about them and with whom through a do-not-track system.
The federal "wall of shame" tally of major healthcare information breaches has been growing relatively slowly the past two months. But why did the number of individuals affected by breaches grow so much in 2011?
Increasingly, social engineers target unwitting insiders to plunder organizations' financial and intellectual assets. How can you prevent these and traditional inside attacks? CMU's Dawn Cappelli offers tips.
The ECRI Institute recently published a report on controlling the risks involved in using social media in healthcare. Read on to discover insights on how to address risks and prevent breaches.
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