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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

Armstrong Archives

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures individuals’ health data protection and privacy. This includes insurance companies, nurses, and doctors. For example, imagine a hospital employee accidentally shares a patient’s medical records with someone who shouldn’t have seen them.

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Podcast Episode 119: EFF on Expanding Researchers Rights and AT&T talks IoT Security Fails

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast, #119: Electronic Frontier Foundation General Counsel Kurt Opsahl joins us to talk about the Coders’ Rights Project. In this episode of the podcast, #119: Electronic Frontier Foundation General Counsel Kurt Opsahl joins us to talk about the Coders’ Rights Project. Read the whole entry. »

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking High-Tech Cars

ForAllSecure

For example, a simple system that has only an on off switch. A sophisticated set of encryption and electronics is at work inside the vehicle. I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m challenging the notion of convenience by using our cars as an example. Lacking any formal computer training.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

For example, customers might want to change passwords for other sites or check their bank account for signs of fraud. This meant they weren’t encrypted, making them freely accessible to as many as 20,000 employees, most of whom had no legitimate reason to access the information.

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Multi-Factor Authentication Best Practices & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

A token acts as an electronic cryptographic key that unlocks the device or application, usually with an encrypted password or biometric data. Disconnected tokens are generally only good for one use and can be delivered via RFID or Bluetooth, or users can manually enter them into the computer. Where to look when MFA isn’t enough.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

When we do the weekly supermarket shop online, we should be able to move our shopping list electronically. For example, although there are clear benefits to medical research from giving researchers access to anonymised medical data, it remains a matter of concern to the public, the media and the profession itself.

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