While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established many requirements for health providers under HIPAA, certain measures are rather unclear regarding how they are to be implemented. Encryption
With firms turning to two-factor authentication as a means of protecting their network, financial institutions and other cautious industries have adopted SMS-based notifications to comply with the two-factor authentication protocols.
Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce held an event discussing the recent Presidential Policy Directive 41 (PPD-41), aimed at helping the federal government coordinate with the private sector when
The growing demand for cyber insurance has sparked a discussion about how cyber risk exposure can be better quantified to help price cyber insurance and guide insureds on what type
Since November, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department collected more than $16 million in settlements from just five electronic patient data breaches. It is clear that inadequate cybersecurity practices,
Software giant Oracle Corp. was recently breached by an organized Russian hacking group. The cybercriminals targeted Oracle’s MICROS point-of-sale credit card software forcing users to reset their passwords. After discovering
Newkirk Products, a New York-based company that issues ID cards for healthcare providers around the country, recently announced that on July 6, the company discovered a breached server containing member
Since its introduction in the United States, the retail sector has spent $25 billion to roll out EMV chip card technology. More than one million retailers can now accept chip
The recent data breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) just days before the convention sparked concerns over the safety of the electoral system in regards to cyber-attacks. As a
Non-profit health organization, Banner Health, announced it recently fell victim to a cybersecurity attack affecting as many as 3.7 million patients, members, providers and food and beverage outlet customers between
