Medical identification theft is on the rise. Will healthcare reform, as recently affirmed by the Supreme Court, help reverse that trend? Here's why it's difficult to predict the impact of reform.
How well do U.S. financial institutions conform to the FFIEC Authentication Guidance? One regulatory agency discusses the state of conformance and what its examiners have learned from institutions.
A successful organization in today's business world has most likely cultivated a "brand." Have you ever thought about creating your own brand to enhance your career?
"The reality is that, if you look across IT, IT people are very good at so many things; they're much better at it in a lot of cases than security people are," RSA CISO Eddie Schwartz says.
IT security expert Francoise Gilbert says the FFIEC's new resource document on cloud computing understates the risks all banking institutions should consider. What areas is she most concerned about?
Federal regulators have received a wide array of comments on preliminary plans for federal guidelines for health information exchange, with some advocating mandatory, rather than voluntary, standards.
Eight class action lawsuits filed in the wake of a 2011 data breach involving TRICARE, the military health program, and affecting nearly 5 million individuals have been consolidated into one case that will be handled by the U.S District Court in Washington, D.C.
BITS is ramping up its work with federal regulators around pending legislation. What initiatives is the group spearheading, and how can banking institutions play an integral role in the process?
In a tribute, we remember Terrell Herzig, information security officer at UAB Health System, an innovator who was passionate about sharing best practices for protecting sensitive information.
Information security isn't just the domain of those branded information security professionals but also requires the knowledge of nearly every other IT occupation as well as individuals in many non-technology jobs, too.
The HIPAA audit protocol just released by the Office for Civil Rights is a basic guide that some observers think would be more helpful with meaty guidance. Read what they want to see addressed.
Two servers that have protected hundreds of thousands of Internet users will be shuttered early next week, meaning that a number of people won't be able to access the Internet. But for most users, the event will go unnoticed. Here's why.
A U.S. appeals court reversed a lower court's ruling in the ACH/wire fraud dispute between PATCO Construction Inc. and the former Ocean Bank, now People's United. What is next in this high-profile case?
People receiving IT security graduate degrees are highly educated, but as the Center for Internet Security's William Pelgrin says, "We have a deficit of those individuals who can pick up the ball and run with it very quickly." He's doing something about that.
HIPAA compliance audits will continue next year after the results of this year's pilot program are analyzed, a federal official confirms. And the protocol for the audits could be refined based on the pilot.
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