Data security news and information

A shortage of information technology workers is a big concern in the healthcare industry. So it's no surprise that the professionals trained and capable of providing security for that digital information are also in short supply.
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Sacramento, Calif.-based Retinal Consultants Medical Group, which oversees eye-care and surgery facilities throughout Northern California, said some personal patient information may have been jeopardized as a result of the recent disappearance of a laptop computer.
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The healthcare industry is gradually overcoming its fears and is—finally—about to get high on the cloud.
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The Oregon Health & Science University is notifying more than 3,000 of its patients of a breach of their personally identifiable information after their data were placed by OHSU resident physicians on a pair of Google's cloud-based information-sharing services.
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An elite hacker who was due to demonstrate how heart implants could be hacked has died unexpectedly in San Francisco. Barnaby Jack died on Thursday, the city's medical examiner's office told Reuters, but did not give more details. He had been due to give a presentation into medical device...
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Funding cuts are blocking investigations into Medicare and Medicaid fraud and the data security of the new health-insurance exchanges, among other items at HHS' top watchdog agency.
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Craig Michael Lie Njie spent a chunk of his life developing an online privacy shield, but when he tried to get his own mother to use it, she wouldn't click on the button. Why?
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The biggest overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system in 50 years has spawned one of the most complex computer projects in the government's history. Dubbed “the hub,” the $267 million computer system built by a unit of UnitedHealth Group is one of the most important determiners of whether...
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The phrase "health insurance" may conjure up images of medical bills for some people, but for hackers it leads only to visions of dollar signs.
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Technology industry association leaders who testified Thursday before a House subcommittee hearing on whether legislation is needed for data breach reporting called for Congress to pre-empt state laws on data breaches. But at least one witness opposed such preemption.
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