An additional 750,000 people had their personal information stolen by hackers, state health officials said Monday after discovering that the thieves downloaded thousands more files of data than authorities initially believed. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Protected health information security is not really that protected
Protected health information (PHI) is apparently not so well protected. According to “Breach Report 2011: Protected Health Information” by the IT security firm Redspin, 19 million patient health records were breached last year, a 97-percent increase from 2010. One obvious reason for the spike, according to the report, is simply that…
Stepping carefully into health care cloud computing
Health care providers must plan any cloud migration carefully to protect patient safety and maintain HIPAA compliance. <img alt="Stepping carefully into health care cloud computing, Blog, cloud, into, health, care, computing, carefully., Stepping"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on SearchCloudSecurity: RSS Feed View full post on National…
Sutter Health Sued Over Massive Security Breach
The lawsuit contends that the health care system was negligent in its security, and took too long to notify victims of the breach. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Ex-home health aide sent to prison for ID theft
A former home health aide convicted of stealing the identity of an elderly man has been sentenced in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to 30 months in prison. View full post on id theft prison – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
New data spill shows risk of online health records
Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans