Government info security news, training, education - GovInfoSecurity
WEBGovInfoSecurity.com covers the latest news, laws, regulations and directives related to government information security, focusing on the White House's cybersecurity initiatives, the latest legislative efforts in Congress, as well as thought leadership from …
NIST's 7-Step Contingency Planning Process - GovInfoSecurity
WEBJun 8, 2010 · NIST on Monday issued revised guidance that defines a seven-step contingency planning process that federal agencies and other organizations in fields such as healthcare and banking can use to develop and maintain a viable interim recovery program for their information systems.. The National Institute of Standards and Technology designed the seven progressive steps to be integrated into each ...
Lawsuit: Hospital's Ransomware Attack Led to Baby's Death
WEBOct 1, 2021 · A lawsuit against Springhill Medical Center in Mobile, Alabama alleges a 2019 ransomware attack led to a baby's death. The death of a baby born with complications during a 2019 ransomware attack on a Mobile, Alabama hospital - one that left clinicians unable to access electronic health records and patient monitoring systems- is intensifying the spotlight on the potentially fatal consequences ...
Latest breaking news articles on government information security
WEBMarianne Kolbasuk McGee • October 3, 2024. A misconfigured web server and the exposure of sensitive information for nearly 600,000 prison inmates in 2022 will cost medical claims processing company CorrectCare $6.49 million to settle a consolidated proposed class action lawsuit, according to court records. Cybercrime.
HHS Warns of Threats to Electronic Health Records - GovInfoSecurity
WEBFeb 18, 2022 · The top threats to EMRs and EHRs include phishing attacks, ransomware and other malware attacks, encryption "blind spots," cloud threats and employees, HHS says. To better protect against phishing attacks, HHS recommends educating healthcare professionals, including training them to not click links within emails and …
Hacking Incidents Lead to 2 Big Eye Care Provider Breaches
WEBSep 21, 2021 · Several hacking incidents involving eye care providers also topped the HHS OCR health data breach tally in 2020. For instance, EyeMed Vision Care LLC in September 2020 reported to HHS OCR a hacking incident affecting nearly 1.5 million individuals. Also in 2020, a U.S. unit of Italian-based eyewear maker and eye care center conglomerate ...
Lawsuits in Wake of MCG Health Data Breach Start Piling Up
WEBJun 24, 2022 · Data breach attorneys are flooding courts with proposed federal class action lawsuits against MCG Health after the company disclosed a data breach affecting up to 1.1 million individuals.. See Also: Gartner Guide for Digital Forensics and Incident Response As of Friday, at least four lawsuits with similar allegations stemming from a just-revealed 2020 breach have been filed against the ...
HIE Models: Security Pros and Cons - GovInfoSecurity
WEBAug 31, 2012 · Mix And Match. The Wisconsin Health Information Exchange takes a hybrid approach that gives the HIE the ability to tap into the benefits of both centralized and distributed environments, Pemble says. Although the HIE stores healthcare data in one repository, that data is segregated data based on the sources, Pemble says.
Hack of Medical Imaging Provider Affects Data of 2 Million
WEBJun 7, 2022 · Hack of Medical Imaging Provider Affects Data of 2 Million. A hacking incident involving data theft from a prominent provider of medical imaging services in Massachusetts has affected 2 million individuals, making it the largest health data breach reported to federal regulators so far this year. See Also: Alleviating Compliance Pain Points in ...
DOJ: Healthcare at Center of Biggest US. Fraud Cases in 2021
WEBFeb 2, 2022 · In a statement released Tuesday, the Justice Department says that healthcare fraud was by far the leading source of the False Claims Act settlements and judgments it collected for fiscal 2021, which ended Sept. 30, 2021. More than $5 billion of the $5.6 billion collected in federal false claims and fraud cases involved healthcare industry ...