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Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 12:07 pm | June 20, 2017
Hospital executives must embed security into organizational culture to be ready for the good, bad and ugly of ransomware attacks. And that’s not easy.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:01 pm | June 20, 2017
Officials were unable to determine whether an April breach of the medical center’s emails exposed patient data.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:46 pm | June 19, 2017
Microsoft has released new patches for Microsoft XP and Server 2003 systems while DHS pointed to an increase in North Korean cyber activity.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:08 pm | June 19, 2017
A safe containing a hard drive with the backup of the university’s Social and Economic Sciences Research Center was stolen in April.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 02:03 pm | June 16, 2017
The healthcare administrative services and IT provider took over a year to notify 220,000 individuals of a breach to its website. HHS is determining if it’s a HIPAA-covered business associate.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 11:44 am | June 16, 2017
Greg Touhill left the position in February after the Trump transition. The President has left the position, which Obama rated in 2016, thus far vacant.
Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 11:28 am | June 16, 2017
Spam filters are one thing, but if a hacker takes over an e-mail domain, spoofing and phishing can become precise and dangerous. But there are tools available that can help.
Electronic Health Records
By Gus Venditto | 05:16 pm | June 15, 2017
The ride-sharing service is charged with defaming a woman and obtaining her records without authorization.
data security
By Jessica Davis | 01:59 pm | June 15, 2017
More attacks are coming and they will be much worse, Greg Touhill and other security experts told a House Science subcommittee.
Mobile Health IT
By Jessica Davis | 12:36 pm | June 15, 2017
The National Security Agency said that tactics, techniques and targets of the massive ransowmare assault point to North Korea’s spy agency: the Reconnaissance General Bureau