Language to Avoid In HIPAA Breach Notifications
https://healthitsecurity.com/news/ensuring-transparency-language-to-avoid-in-hipaa-breach-notifications
October 23, 2020
NSA Shares Cybersecurity Guidance for COVID-19 Telework
https://healthitsecurity.com/news/nsa-shares-cybersecurity-guidance-assessments-for-covid-19-telework
April 28, 2020
Legions of Infosec Professionals volunteer to Protect Hospitals During COVID-19 Crisis
Great to see this.
April 24, 2020
AI Startups Are Winning the Cybersecurity Race
Artificial Intelligence Startups Are Winning the Cybersecurity Race
March 5, 2017
Googlian Malware Snares Access to 1 Million Google Accounts
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3145739/security/gooligan-malware-snares-access-to-more-than-1m-google-accounts.html Well that’s nice.
November 30, 2016
What Trump’s Victory Means for Cybersecurity
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2016/1109/What-Trump-s-victory-means-for-cybersecurity
November 10, 2016
Cybersecurity M&A
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mattporzio/2016/10/31/the-ma-boom-in-cybersecurity/#7dfafe4071a6 I expect to see more of this.
November 6, 2016
Lack of security standards leaves election process vulnerable
http://searchcompliance.techtarget.com/opinion/Lack-of-cybersecurity-standards-leaves-election-process-vulnerable Sending extra people is old school. Hackers can electronically stuff the ballot box.
November 1, 2016
Fake Pokemon Go Apps – Download At Your Own Risk
Another fake Pokemon Go app is infecting players’ phones Most people minimize the risks of downloading insecure apps on to their phones. There seems to be the impression that the Google and Apple App Stores perform detailed due diligence with respect to security. Not true. Download at your own risk. If you’ve downloaded this app […]
October 29, 2016
Compliance doesn’t necessarily = Security
http://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/whats-needed-more-hhs-guidance-or-new-hipaa-security-rule-a-9426?utm_source=October+2016+News&utm_campaign=enews+October+2016&utm_medium=email Good article on the need for bolstering and updating some of the text in the HIPAA Security Rule. In 1996 when the HIPAA Security Rule was introduced, no legislator or citizen could conceive of ransomware, malware, and the vast multitude of computer viruses and the sheer number of threats that we face now in […]
October 20, 2016
What Skilled Cybersecurity Pros Want
What Skilled Cybersecurity Pros Want Thank you to Kevin for sending this article. No, this is not the sequel to “What Women Want”. The author describes what she aptly calls, the “Kevin Durant Effect”. She also makes the valid claim regarding the value of certifications as a sort of currency that cyber pros use to […]
October 20, 2016
St. Jude Medical Will Form a Cybersecurity Board After Heart Device Defect
St. Jude Medical Will Form a Cybersecurity Board After Heart Device Defect Medical-device maker St. Jude Medical said on Monday that it planned to set up a medical advisory board focused on cyber-security issues affecting patient care and safety. St. Jude said in a statement that the group, known as the Cyber Security Medical Advisory […]
October 18, 2016
Why Security Automation Is The Solution For Overworked Cyber-Security Staff
Why Security Automation Is The Solution For Overworked Cyber-Security Staff
October 14, 2016
Cybersecurity Spending to Hit Over $100 Billion by 2020.
Here’s How Much Businesses Worldwide Will Spend on Cybersecurity by 2020 Not sure how this number was calculated. However, I am sure the number will be big. A lot can happen within four years – machine learning apps, new technologies, etc.
October 12, 2016
Martin Army Hospital warns patients of possible HIPAA breach
All patients who received care through the Martin Army Community Hospital healthcare system are being alerted that a possible HIPAA breach occurred at Fort Benning between January 2011 and December 2013.
October 3, 2016
Feds Focus on Multiple Facets of Security for National Cyber Security Awareness Month
FedTech is going to be highlighting federal agencies’ efforts to maintain and boost cybersecurity in October, but it’s been a hot topic of conversation in recent months.
October 1, 2016
OCR Continues to Strengthen HIPAA Enforcement Efforts
The new normal. The resolutions, settlements and the announced new initiative signal that OCR continues to strengthen its HIPAA enforcement efforts. Covered entities and business associates should take this opportunity to emphasize the risks of noncompliance within their organizations and ensure that they have robust HIPAA compliance programs that can withstand OCR’s ever-increasing scrutiny.
October 1, 2016
Care New England pays $400,000 HIPAA fine for lost PHI in business associate breach
The case, which also includes Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, stems from lost backup tapes housing protected health information, the Office for Civil Rights said.
October 1, 2016
Nearly Half of Cloud-Based Malware Delivers Ransomware
Concerns over ransomware have grown considerably this year, and for good reason. A new study finds that nearly half of all cloud-based malware now delivers ransomware applications.
September 29, 2016
Meet Apache Spot – a new open source project for cybersecurity
Hard on the heels of the discovery of the largest known data breach in history, Cloudera and Intel on Wednesday announced that they’ve donated a new open-source project to the Apache Software Foundation with a focus on using big data analytics and machine learning for cybersecurity.
September 29, 2016