Practical challenges to worthwhile intentions for training more security professionals

While it’s hard to see the current emphasis on information security training as anything other than a positive trend, the popularity of security programs at many higher education institutions may not produce the next generation of…

Despite emphasis on risk analysis, health IT security won’t change much under meaningful use

With all the talk about the need for effective security measures to protect personal health data stored in electronic health records and shared among organizations participating in health information exchanges, the decision of what actual security…

Consensus exists on importance of security and privacy in health IT; some offer rosy view on current state of technology

With all the focus over the last few weeks in the government health community on the publication of numerous proposed and final rules related to provisions in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health…

Security and privacy rules and regulations insufficient to engender public trust in HIEs

A lawsuit filed last month by the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the state Department of Health charges that the rules the state issued regarding its planned health information exchange…

Success of government “identity ecosystem” depends on trust in government

It’s not without some irony that some of the most stringent early objections to the administration’s recently released draft National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) focus on the extent to which the government itself…

National Strategy for Trusted Identities embodies claims-based identity management

Last week, the White House released a draft of its new National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), which is intended to create a so-called “identity ecosystem” in which individuals, organizations, and other entities rely…

ONC focus on NHIN governance presents opportunity to establish acceptable security and privacy standards

According to an article yesterday from Government Health IT, the Office of the National Coordinator is getting ready to address a more complete set of rules of behavior and other requirements for participation in the Nationwide…