Posted by admin on March 18, 2011
Health Net, who recently settled the first HIPAA-related lawsuit for the 2009 loss of a computer disk drive that put 1.5 million patients at risk, has suffered another data breach of a sizeable nature. The unexplained loss of 9 server drives at its data center has put 2 million Health Net members, employees and health [...]
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Posted by admin on February 18, 2011
The Identity Theft Resource Center, ITRC, has published a set of Rules for the Road – data security precautions for the business traveler. As we know, 95% of IT practitioners report that someone in their organization has had a laptop lost or stolen and 72% of those losses have resulted in a data breach. The [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Airports, Amp, Briefcase, Business Center, Business Traveler, Center Computers, Data Management, Data Security, Financial Information, Identity Theft, Itrc, Likelihood, Losses, Management Rules, Resource Center, Secure Drive, Security Precautions, Sensitive Paper, Stolen Laptop, Wireless Accounts | No Comments »
Posted by admin on September 7, 2010
A national survey of U.S. adults released by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) finds that the loss of personal or financial information the top personal concern for adults. I’m not sure about you, but I was shocked that the loss of personal information was of greater concern than [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: American Adults, Anti Phishing Working Group, Apwg, Brand Perception, Campaign Work, Cyber Security, Data Breaches, Financial Information, Health Care Coverage, Heart Mind, National Cyber Security Alliance, National Survey, Ncsa, Personal Concern, Personal Responsibility, Personal Safety, phishing, Safety And Security, Skew, Survey Found That | No Comments »
Posted by admin on August 5, 2010
Who Breached: South Shore Hospital Number Affected: 800,000 Information breached: personal (including SSNs), health and financial information How: lost backup tape South Shore Hospital has notified 800,000 patients after back-up tapes containing personal, health and financial information were lost by a professional management company which was to destroy the files. This is, sadly, a case [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Backup Tape, Certificate Of Destruction, Computer Files, Data Breaches, Data Management, Financial Information, Hospital Information, Lost, Notification Letter, Personal Health, Proactive, Professional Management Company, Proof, Security Precautions, South Shore Hospital, Ssns, Unwanted Data | No Comments »
Posted by admin on January 27, 2010
The first HIPAA-related lawsuit has just been filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. The AG is suing Health Net of Connecticut for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information for 446,000 Connecticut residents and for failing to promptly notify those at risk from the breach. In his lawsuit, Blumenthal is seeking [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Breach, Company Policies, Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Residents, Consulting Firm, Disclosure, Financial Information, Forensic Consulting, Health Imaging, Health Net, Hipaa Compliance, Hipaa Violations, Image Clipart, Patient Medical Records, Scope, Six Months, Thieves, Unauthorized Access | No Comments »
Posted by admin on January 20, 2010
In the wave of the terrible 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, we all want to help out. But we must take the time to make sure our contributions to charity are actually going to charities and not to online scammers. As this CNet article highlights, online scams are not new in the wave of major natural disasters. “After [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Advantage, Bogus Web Sites, Charities, Charity Donations, Charity Navigator, Charity Scams, Cnet Article, Director Of Marketing, Disaster, Earthquake, Fbi, Financial Information, Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, Natural Disasters, Online Scams, Sandra, Scammers, Unsolicited Emails, Urls | No Comments »
