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FBI’s look at electronic espionage uncovers law firms lack of data security
Investigation into the rise in electronic economic espionage against U.S. corporations has recently shined a spotlight on law firms’ data security. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found that...
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Final rule makes changes to HIPAA regs and HITECH Act and could lead to more...
On January 25, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its “Final Rule” , an update to several privacy and security protections under the Health Insurance Portability and...
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Sony breach airs PHI of dozens of employees
While the release of scandalous celebrity emails made front-page news during Sony Corp’s data breach last month, the leakage of private employee information is far more damaging. Amidst the thousands...
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Collaboration is the key when it comes to cybersecurity
The President, industry leaders, and lawmakers visited the tech-hub of Stanford University earlier this month for an official White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. The...
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Insurance industry leads the way for cyber best practices
It was reported earlier this month in the Wall Street Journal that many Corporate Information Security Officers (CISOs) are turning to the insurance sector for assistance and guidance when it comes to...
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Report cites criminal attacks as primary cause of healthcare data breaches
In the fifth annual Ponemon Institute privacy and security report, cyber attacks were listed as the top cause of healthcare breaches. Officials studied privacy and security trends for healthcare...
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The New York Stock Exchange network crash — a false sense of (cyber) security?
Most people were relieved when investigators determined that the recent electronic disruptions at the New York Stock Exchange and United Airlines were caused by internal glitches and not by hackers....
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Marital affair website demonstrates new dimensions of personal data risk
Cyber risk for most organizations has a focus on the personal data of customers. Primarily this means social security numbers, date of birth, address, credit card numbers and the like. All of that is...
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Examining the rewards and risks of wearable tech
The important role of technology in our daily lives continues to grow and is now being fueled by the development of smaller more personal devices. Wearable technology are small, electronic devices...
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Wyndham settlement validates FTC authority in cyber security
The very well-known Wyndham Hotel and Resorts data breach is once again in the news. This time the company has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In 2014, the payment card...
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Scammers are phishing for tax refunds
At least a dozen companies have recently been tricked into sending employees’ W-2 Forms to unknown third parties in response to email requests that appeared to be from others within the corporate...
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Latest cyber news: Data breach at top hospital MGH
Your weakest cyber security leak may be outside your own network. In another demonstration of how an organization can face significant financial and reputational exposure from another’s failure of...
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Message sent and received: First HIPAA settlement involving a business...
The math is eye-opening — a $650,000 settlement for breach affecting 412 people. In the first HIPAA settlement involving a “business associate,” HHS’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has sent a strong...
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