Secure is a possible state of affairs at a certain point in time. But rugged describes staying ahead of the threat over time. Rugged organizations create secure code as a byproduct of their culture.
Some U.S. federal agencies seem to be going too far in monitoring their employees' communications activities on their government-issued laptop computers.
A new House bill that would let VA doctors treat veterans across state lines via telemedicine opens up questions about how state privacy laws might apply to physicians in the event of a breach.
When two organizations merge, their top security/privacy challenge doesn't necessarily involve technology. Sometimes it's culture, says Christopher Paidhrin of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.
U.S. information breaches involving third-party business associates doubled in the first half of the year, says Karen Barney of the Identity Theft Resource Center. Find out the other results of the group's breach study.
Heartland Payment Systems, which suffered a massive breach in 2009, is working to enhance POS security at the merchant level. What steps is this processor taking, and what role would it like to see card-issuing banks play?
Understanding threats and identifying modern attacks in their early stages is key to preventing subsequent compromises, and proactively sharing information among organizations is an increasingly effective way to identify them.
More organizations are expected to purchase cyber insurance in the coming years as risk managers become more involved in buying these types of policies.
The United Kingdom and the United States are both cracking down on healthcare organizations that have experienced information breaches. But they're taking very different approaches. Which approach will prove most effective?
"We find it hard to believe that there are any reasons or basis to oppose this legislation," presidential counterterrorism adviser John Brennan says of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. "I'm just very puzzled as to why individuals would oppose this."
High Roller malware attacks are the latest potential threats that point toward the need for layered security controls. What advice do banking/security leaders offer for responding to these attacks?
"To say I'm disappointed is a tremendous understatement," says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "I thought we'd all put national security above partisan politics."
Accretive Health, a Chicago-based billing and collections company, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a Minnesota lawsuit filed following a data breach. Find out all the details.
Amidst the hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire, we need to ask: How could this happen? How could a medical technician even be hired after being fired at least twice by other hospitals?
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