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With more than 1.5 million patients affected by medical identity theft at a cost of more than $30.9 billion, it’s easy to see why security professionals...

A survey released by Acronis and the Ponemon Institute last week titled “2013 Data Protection Trends Research” analyzed the risks organizations...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that WellPoint Inc., a managed care company, will pay a data breach settlement sum of … ...

The next phase of the EHR Incentive Programs places requirements on eligible hospitals and professionals to enable patient access to health information. ...

David Sheidlower, CISSP, is the Chief Information Security Officer for Health Quest, the Mid-Hudson Valley’s largest healthcare system. He...

Considering the amount of unencrypted USB drives that have been part of healthcare data breaches, Assistant Inspector General Kay Daly asserting that there … ...

Patient privacy has always been a top concern for healthcare providers. Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive data is critical,...

The cost of data breaches is on the decline, but a new source of breaches is on the rise, according to a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute. In the...

Not surprisingly, mobile device use was No. 1 on the list and was followed by security. It could be argued that the two are mutually exclusive (more...

The other shoe has dropped following April’s William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA medical center databreach. The VA medical center had notified...