The Social Security Administration (SSA), citing an increased volume of claims and requests for its services, is evaluating ways to conduct more of its transactions online. Before making such a move SSA needs first to establish…
Both of the two federal health IT advisory committees working in support of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) have taken up discussion on patient privacy and consent management, working through the respective privacy and…
In two separate developments this week we see efforts from both the executive and legislative branches intended to make it easier for financial institutions to comply with regulations on privacy practices required under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act…
An unintended, if not wholly unexpected, consequence of the health care industry’s heavily incentivized move towards use of electronic health records and sharing data contained in those records appears to be a greater likelihood that individuals…
Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano emphasized in her keynote speech at the RSA conference last week the need for greater collaboration between the government and private sector in order to effectively address cybersecurity challenges facing the…
During yesterday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, a panel of security experts urged the government to do more to push public and private sector action on critical infrastructure protection and Internet…
Responses to a simulation yesterday of a large-scale cyber attack that supposed a widespread malware infection has shut down cell phone and computer networks and disabled much of the power grid showed a lack of preparedness…
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