Several recent data breaches involving email mishaps serve as a reminder of precautions that healthcare entities must take with protected health information contained in digital communications that are sent or received by their organizations.
As U.S. merchants shore up physical point-of-sale security by upgrading their terminals to accept EMV chip cards, attackers are turning their aim toward new, unattended targets. Here's the latest on how to respond to "shimming" attacks.
The Irish Reporting and Information Security Service's IRISSCON Cyber Crime Conference is due to touch on DDoS, fraud, breach response, malware, social engineering, the Paris terror attacks and more.
The FFIEC's updated guidance for bank examiners, released this week, stresses that executives and boards of directors must approve IT plans that contain strategies for addressing emerging and ongoing cyber threats.
U.S. authorities have indicted three men for their alleged involvement in a massive cyberattack scheme that affected JPMorgan Chase and 11 other U.S. banks and financial services corporations.
Hartford Hospital and its business associate, EMC Corp., have agreed to pay a fine as part of a health data breach settlement with Connecticut's attorney general. Learn about the size of the financial penalty and other settlement details.
The U.K. government's response to whistleblower Edward Snowden's warnings that the U.S. and Britain had created a massive surveillance state has been to attempt to codify and expand those surveillance powers while also debating oversight and related matters in public for the first time.
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, which the Senate recently passed, contains detailed provisions designed to help the healthcare sector fight cyberattacks, explains Samantha Burch of HIMSS, who offers an analysis.
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The HHS Office of Inspector General plans to more closely scrutinize federal regulators' oversight of the security controls that healthcare providers and business associates use to protect electronic patient information. It also will review FDA oversight of medical device cybersecurity.
Even though the U.S. is migrating to the EMV chip, Visa is still stressing the need for merchants to comply with the PCI Data Security Standard, says Eduardo Perez, the card brand's senior vice president of payment risk, in this video interview.
Senate-approved legislation that would incentivize businesses to share cyber threat information with the government also would strengthen the Department of Homeland Security's oversight of civilian federal agencies in implementing cyber safeguards.
Federal regulators are reportedly investigating whether a physician in Virginia violated HIPAA privacy regulations by using patient information to help her campaign for the state senate.
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LifeLock says it has reached a tentative agreement on a settlement with the FTC regarding alleged information security shortcomings and other issues. It says it's also reached agreement on a proposed settlement of a related consumer class action lawsuit. The stock market reacted favorably to the announcements.
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