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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. , 3:18-cv-00969 (N.D.

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Data Protection: Where’s the Brexit Privacy Dividend?

Data Protector

Removing the UK from the decision-making structures of the EU should also result in the UK Government feeling able to update other privacy legislation, such as the outdated Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations, without having to delay for years and years until EU countries managed to reach a political consensus on the way ahead.

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Information Management in the Not-So-Distant Future of Health Care

AIIM

Today, if you have a computer, you have a doctor – videoconference doctor visits routinely complement in-person ones. Electronic Health Record. Almost all hospitals have adopted the Electronic Health Record (EHR). Information Security. Security is not a one-and-done exercise, though. Telemedicine.

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds common law duty for employers extends to protecting sensitive employee information

Data Protection Report

Rather, the duty arises under the common law rule that when an actor takes an affirmative action, that actor must exercise reasonable care to protect others from an unreasonable risk of harm from such act. It should be noted that the Dittman case does not expect employers to protect employee information from any breach or criminal activity.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains

KnowBe4

Under the guise of diplomats, "hearers" from the GRU and graduates of narrow profile universities related to rocket science, computer technology and exact mathematics are secretly transferred to the island. Zimperium has the story: [link] What KnowBe4 Customers Say "Hi Stu, I trust that you are well. Thanks for your email.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Electronic Things. As I got older, I started to play around with computers. By then there were computer games, and at that time it wasn’t the single shooter games. I mean, what curious kid hasn’t taken apart something electronic to try and figure it out on their own? Really bored. Mechanical things.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Electronic Things. As I got older, I started to play around with computers. By then there were computer games, and at that time it wasn’t the single shooter games. I mean, what curious kid hasn’t taken apart something electronic to try and figure it out on their own? Really bored. Mechanical things.