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