If you have ever been on the Internet or used a computer, you have left data trails of the sites you have visited. Virtually everyone leaves behind a digital footprint and can be traced back to its user. In today’s world of evolving technology, almost every aspect of life is being connected back to the…
Most of us are familiar with the classic spy stories of intrigue, deception and espionage. Whether it was from watching a James Bond movie or reading a Tom Clancy novel, we’ve been introduced to a world of high-risk infiltration missions and crazy gadgets portrayed in these tales. These stories are exciting and for the longest…
People love an underdog. It’s one of the main reasons millions of viewers watch the March Madness basketball tournament every year or why the biblical story of David and Goliath is one of the oldest and most repeated stories of all time–it is inspiring to see the improbable come true. In the world of healthcare…
The news of massive data breach at Anthem Inc., acts as a warning signal for enterprises across the globe irrespective of the industry type. The reports showcase that the Health Insurer, Anthem Inc., suffered this massive data breach as hackers gained access to their corporate data base. For this globally widespread enterprise with a client…
The modern enterprises with their digital presence handle a variety of digital data from structured data, textual data such as reports, contracts and emails besides technical drawings, and multimedia. The most dangerous threats faced by them today are therefore the leakage of confidential data. Defined as an unauthorized transfer of sensitive data from an organization…
You may often assume that threats to electronic health records are always from outsiders. But the fact is that internal threats are equally prevalent and pose much more danger to an entity’s data. An incident at Queens, New York based Jamaica Hospital is proof to this fact. Two emergency department clerks at the hospital have…
Yet another breach incident puts health information of 168,500 individuals at risk. According to a public notice, Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, a third-party billing vendor reported theft of several unencrypted company computers on 5th of February. The computers were stolen from the Los Angeles County public health and health services departments. Following this report, breach notification…
While the healthcare industry looks at 2014 as the year to strengthen breach prevention and data protection initiatives, experts predict that Healthcare breach suits will be common this year. And true to this fact, dozens of lawsuits have already been filed in the case of the Target breach, which involved theft of two unencrypted laptop…
There has been enough and more said about the importance of encryption in safeguarding protected health information (PHI). But data breaches resulting due to lack of encryption continue to fill up the ‘wall of shame’, with the latest addition being a breach reported by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. This incident involved the theft of…
Stolen or lost unencrypted devices have always posed a significant threat to healthcare entities throughout the United States for quite some time now. And a new breach report by the California Attorney General’s office confirms an ongoing problem. Unencrypted data has been identified as the major culprit in 131 breaches that has affected 2.5 million…
