Category: Security
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Access management tops healthcare execs’ security and privacy worries
Identity management, unauthorized data access by employees, BYOD and remote security policies top the list of healthcare providers’ security and privacy concerns, according to a new KLAS report. read more …read more
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KLAS: Providers Report Internal Unauthorized Data Access as Top Security Threat
When it comes to security and privacy, healthcare providers say identity management and unauthorized data access by employees are their biggest concerns, according to a new report from the Orem, Utah-based KLAS. When it comes to security and privacy, healthcare providers say identity management and unauthorized data access by employees are their biggest concerns, according…
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Providers report internal unauthorized data access as number one security threat
Healthcare providers report that when it comes to security and privacy, identity management and unauthorized data access by employees are their biggest concerns. This according to the latest KLAS report, “Security and Privacy Perception 2014: High Stakes, Big Challenges.” KLAS spoke with 106 providers to find out where they felt the most at risk for…
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UK opens criminal inquiry into Glaxosmithkline business practices
The British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline said late Tuesday that the Serious Fraud Office of Britain had opened a formal criminal investigation into its “commercial practices.” Neither GlaxoSmithKline nor the fraud office provided further details about what practices were being investigated. . …read more
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HIMSS: Security risk assessment tool confusing, clunky
An HHS security risk assessment tool to help providers in small- and medium-sized offices determine vulnerability to potential privacy attacks needs some work, say HIMSS officials. read more …read more
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Health IT security lags behind retail industry
The massive data breaches at Target and eBay could be a taste of what’s in store for the healthcare industry, according to a report. read more …read more
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Hospitals track information flow to boost security efforts
As healthcare network security grows trickier with networked medical devices and personal mobile devices, some organizations are going beyond merely trying to control access to patient data, better tracking how information flows. read more …read more
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HHS not required to issue more cybersecurity regulations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has sufficient voluntary measures in place to address cybersecurity, making further regulations unnecessary, the White House says. read more …read more
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Little privacy protection for personal health data culled from fitness-tracking apps
Privacy protections aren’t keeping up with fitness-tracking apps and devices that collect personal health information and the developers who store and sell the lucrative data, The Washington Post reports. read more …read more
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HHS emergency data mining pushes privacy envelope
Despite all the good a data sharing program developed and impmlemented by the federal government to identify vulnerable patients during emergencies and disasters can provide, the privacy and security of information used looms as a major concern. read more …read more