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Laptop Heist Exposes Doctors’ Personal Data

DISC — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:50:47 PST

Another stolen laptop puts thousands of people’s personal data at risk but this time it’s the caregivers — not the patients — who are at risk. November 6, 2009 By Larry...

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Senate Panel Clears Data Breach Bills

DISC — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:29:59 PST

Image via WikipediaLegislation Heads for a Senate Vote November 5, 2009 - Eric Chabrow, Managing Editor The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved two companion bills that would require...

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Healthcare Organizations May Not Be Prepared for HITECH and Other Security Challenges

DISC — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:22:20 PST

Healthcare Organizations May Not Be Prepared for HITECH and Other Security Challenges HIMSS News The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society releases its 2nd Annual Security Survey,...

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Lawmakers and an accidental disclosure

DISC — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:04:08 PDT

Image via Wikipedia By Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 30, 2009 House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers...

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HIPAA and business associate

DISC — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:14:31 PDT

How ARRA and HITECH provisions affect HIPAA compliance AIS reported taht the new HITECH Act requires hospitals, providers, health plans and other HIPAA covered entities (CEs) to meet a February 2010...

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Clear Policies and Effective Controls

DISC — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:19:19 PDT

Image via Wikipedia Writing Information Security Policies Policy defines law of an organization what is acceptable and less risky way of doing business. Having a law in-place is one thing (a good...

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ChoicePoint fined for security breach

DISC — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:10:22 PDT

Image via Wikipedia Into The Breach; Protect Your Business by Managing People, Atlanta Business Chronicle reported on Monday, October 26, 2009 that ChoicePoint Inc. will pay federal regulators...

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‘China using elite hacker community to build cyber warfare capability’

DISC — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:44:04 PDT

Image via Wikipedia Hacking: The Art of Exploitation London, Oct 23 (ANI): The Communist regime in China with the help of a elite hacker community is building its cyber warfare capabilities and...

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Identity Theft Tip off, Countermeasure and Consequence

DISC — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:30:58 PDT

Image by włodi via FlickrAmericans fear having their identities “stolen” by cybercriminals more than they do becoming victims of a terror attack, getting mugged or having their homes burglarized,...

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Hacks hit embassy, government e-mail accounts worldwide

DISC — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:46:16 PDT

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Web Services and Security

DISC — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:01:19 PDT

Cloud Security and Privacy Because of financial incentive, malicious software threats are real and attackers are using the web to gain access to corporate data. Targeted malicious software’s are...

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eDiscovery and planning

DISC — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:47:50 PDT

eDiscovery Plain & Simple: A Plain English Crash Course in e-Discovery Electronic discovery (also named e-discovery or eDiscovery) related to processes in which electronic data is sought,...

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