Federal regulators have recalculated the cumulative tally of the number of Americans affected by major healthcare breaches. They now estimate that nearly 4.8 million individuals have been affected by the 138 breaches reported so far.
The only state attorney general in the nation who so far has used his new power under the HITECH Act to sue a healthcare organization for HIPAA privacy and security rule violations is keeping a close eye on breaches of all sizes.
Four community hospitals in Massachusetts are investigating breaches related to the dumping of thousands of unshredded paper records from pathology practices.
Whether it's from treacherous insiders stealing data or malicious cybercriminals hacking into company resources, financial institutions face risk from both inside and outside the organization. While each side of the coin poses unique threats, the financial sector can minimize the double-sided risks with very similar...
Those hoping to prevent major health information breaches should pay attention to valuable lessons to be learned from recent breach incidents reported to federal regulators.
The leak of 75,000 internal military logs on the Afghanistan war is a major IT security breach, but the fact that the breach - or leak - of such magnitude occurred didn't seem to surprise many. And, two recent reports show why.
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