Senator Urges HHS to Create Healthcare Cybersecurity Law

In light of recent cyber attacks on providers, HHS must create a healthcare cybersecurity law, according to Senator Lamar Alexander. Source: HealthITSecurity.com

Report: IT Security Threat to Intensify in Next Two Years

Information Security Forum's Steve Durbin on ISF's Threat Horizons 2018 Report. Source: BankInfoSecurity.com

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others publish new email security standard

The goal of the new SMTP Strict Transport Security mechanism is to ensure that encrypted email traffic is not vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Source: CSOonline.com

Stolen Laptop Leads to Possible Healthcare Data Breach in KS

Recent healthcare data breaches include cases of unencrypted email and a stolen hard drive. Source: HealthITSecurity.com

$7.5M Healthcare Data Breach Settlement for St. Joseph Health

The settlement revolved around a healthcare data breach from 2012 where PHI was made available via internet search engines. Source: HealthITSecurity.com

American Express Notifies Cardholders of Third-Party Breach

American Express has begun notifying cardholders that their data may have been compromised in a third-party breach. Source: ThreatPost.com

Ponemon: Healthcare Cyber Attack Averages One Per Month

Healthcare cybersecurity can improve as healthcare organizations are averaging about one cyber attack per month. Source: HealthITSecurity.com

5 Cybersecurity Trends at RSA Conference

Experts Issue Warnings Over Facebook Fakery, Targeted Ransomware. Source: BankInfoSecurity.com

CA Data Breach Report: Healthcare Data Encryption Necessary

The latest California Data Breach report underlines the importance of healthcare data encryption and multi-factor authentication. Source: HealthITSecurity.com

And the Best Protection Award 2015 Goes to Symantec Endpoint Protection- by AV-TEST

Catching virtually 100 percent of threats, Symantec Endpoint Protection outperforms the competition

New HIPAA Guidance For Mobile Apps, Health Info Exchange

HHS Outlines Scenarios Where Regulations Kick In. Source: DataBreachToday.com

Today’s New Payment Card Security In A Nutshell

Businesses taking their time rolling out EMV card-compatible terminals are putting their data security and financial well-being at risk. Source: DarkReading.com

Faux phishing scheme shows CIOs how hacks unfold

Security software maker Bitglass created a dummy online persona and proffered it on the Dark Web as a phishing scam payload to see what hackers would do with it. The robust activity on the account underscores the seriousness of cybersecurity threats. Source: CIO.com

More Hospitals Invest Spending in Healthcare Data Security

Hospitals of all sizes are investing in improving their IT systems for healthcare data security in wake of more security issues this past year. Source: HealthITSecurity.com

Top 4 Compliance Mistakes and How to Prevent Them

According to Verizon’s 2015 PCI Compliance Report, a staggering 80 percent of retailers fail to pass interim PCI compliance assessments. Source: DataCenterJournal.com

Hacking Accounts for 98% of Healthcare Data Breaches in 2015

Between 2014 and 2015, the number of hacking healthcare data breaches rose from 31 to 56, affecting almost 111 million individuals. Source: HealthITSecurity.com

Using Health Data Encryption for Breach Prevention

As health data security threats continue to build, how can data encryption help protect PHI? Source: HealthITSecurity.com

Top 10 Healthcare Data Breaches of 2015

The largest data breaches for the year all involved hacking, and the majority involved a network server. Source: HealthITSecurity.com

Solve Old Security Problems First

Don't Just Tackle 'New, Shiny Problems,' Warns Haroon Meer. Source: BankInfoSecurity.com