Healthcare Data Breach in Milwaukee
Another health care data breach was just reported this week, this time it was Milwaukee City employees who were the victims. The breach happened after a Dynacare employee’s car was stolen. In the car was the employees’ purse that had a flash drive in it containing personal health care information (PHI) the Milwaukee Journal […]
2.4 Million Affected by School District Data Breach
It was just recently reported that the Maricopa County Community College District had a major security breach that affected 2.4 million people. To make matters worse, it took them 7 MONTHS before they began to notify those individuals. Those impacted were current and former students as well as employees and vendors. Data Breach The […]
Healthcare Information Security is the Most Difficult.
IT security is no cakewalk to begin with, but healthcare IT security is by far the most difficult. They have compliances and standards to meet, HIPAA for example, like all other sectors; but it’s the transfer, storage, and access of information that is most difficult to control and monitor. In the financial sector everything […]
2013 Data Breaches: A Year in Review
This year saw its fair share of data breaches, but the number of actual breaches was surprisingly less than in 2012. However, the number of records reported stolen continues to rise. In 2012, according to Privacy Rights Clearninghouse, all major organization types (healthcare, retail, financial, etc.) reported 684 breaches affecting nearly 28 million records. […]
Data Security Predictions for 2014
With the Target breach closing out the year with a bang, specialists have put together some predictions for the year to come. The theme for 2014 is heightened expectations. Consumers and regulators are expected to put more pressure on organizations to step up their security measures throughout 2014. Kroll Advisory Solutions recently released its […]
Data Loss Prevention Best Practices
Data loss prevention (DLP) is going to become even more important now that BYOD policies are taking over. It is important to understand what steps need to be taken and what considerations need to be made in order to protect your organization and its brand. We have touched on this subject before but its […]
Point of Sale Machines are Potential Cause of Another Data Breach
Neiman Marcus is the latest victim of a data breach caused by credit card hackers. Brian Krebs reported last week that the upscale department store had its database of customer information hacked last month. This comes in the wake of Targets historic breach of over 40 million credit card numbers and an additional 70 […]
Intense Expectations for Healthcare Security Predicted in 2014
In 2013, 45% of data breaches were in the healthcare industry. Because of this, compliance and regulations in healthcare are expected to intensify throughout this calender year. This will not bode well for what healthcare privacy, information security, and compliance officers were wishing for this year. In a recent survey performed by ID experts […]
Mobile Malware Provides Serious Threat in 2014
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New study on hard drive failure rates surprises many.
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