Coping with HIPAA regulations: Electronic faxes

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	Coping with HIPAA regulations: Electronic faxes The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act mandates reasonable safeguards in communicating patient medical data from one care-provider to another. In this second of two columns on the subject, we look at alternatives to using the old-fashioned fax machines that can accidentally transmit private data to an unexpected recipient. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Research—Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications Gartner report "How to Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications" is a study of three popular website acceleration techniques: network optimization, front-end optimization and edge caching. Read now In this Issue An Open Letter To The Information Security Industry: We Live In Amazing Times Facial recognition security, privacy issues grab FTC attention Prototype system promises 54% smartphone battery life boost Data-breach insurance caters to small businesses Social engineering attacks costly for business Netflix deals with cloud security concerns Bigger isn't better when it comes to social engineering attacks 1 in 3 in Massachusetts had personal data compromised Internet privacy: Cookies as a weapon DigiNotar certificate authority goes bankrupt NASA unbolts open source space applications challenge WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel IDC: Ways to Improve the Branch Office Well-targeted technology upgrades, coupled with a rigorous program to standardize and improve IT practices at a company's remote locations and headquarters, can deliver substantial business value and could reduce total annual IT costs in the branches by over 30%. Read now An Open Letter To The Information Security Industry: We Live In Amazing Times I apologize that this post is not about open source, however I think it was important enough to post up here. Read More Facial recognition security, privacy issues grab FTC attention The Federal Trade Commission the week said it will hold a workshop that examines how burgeoning use of facial recognition technology impacts privacy and security. Read More Prototype system promises 54% smartphone battery life boost Researchers says they have created a system that can boost battery life by 54% by better managing idle-"listening" times on smartphones or other wireless devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Sybase® IQ Accelerates Advanced Analytics The market-leading column-based analytics server, Sybase® IQ offers accurate answers, scalability and speed for your advanced analytics environments. No platform is better suited to help your business analyse, compete and deliver above the competition. Read now Data-breach insurance caters to small businesses With the proliferation of data breaches, The Harford insurance company is selling a new data loss insurance aimed at small businesses that might be put at financial risk if they lose valuable and sensitive data. Read More Social engineering attacks costly for business Social engineering attacks are widespread, frequent and cost organizations thousands of dollars annually according to new research from security firm Check Point Software Technologies. Read More Netflix deals with cloud security concerns As Netflix commits its future to streaming movies to customers, it relies almost exclusively on cloud services for its infrastructure, raising security concerns that require a new way of thinking, the company's cloud security architect says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle BPM SOA and Web 2.0: Business Transformation or Train Wreck? The challenges faced by today's government agencies and commercial operations are many and varied. Fortunately for them, the convergence of a trio of technologies and business practices—business process management (BPM), service-oriented architecture (SOA), and Web 2.0—is providing a solution. Learn more. Bigger isn't better when it comes to social engineering attacks When it comes to social engineering attacks, larger companies attract more of them, and when they are victimized it costs more per incident, according to a survey sponsored by Check Point. Read More 1 in 3 in Massachusetts had personal data compromised Personal information on about a third of Massachusetts residents has been compromised, according to the state's attorney general, citing statistics gleaned from the tough data breach reporting law there. Read More Internet privacy: Cookies as a weapon In November 2009 the European Parliament approved a directive on Internet privacy that, among other things, required user opt-in before websites could install cookies on the user's computer. Read More DigiNotar certificate authority goes bankrupt The theft of SSL certificates from Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar so undermined trust in the company that it has gone bankrupt. Read More NASA unbolts open source space applications challenge NASA today said it would host an open source-based application competition that it hopes will deliver a new generation of software that can address space, weather and economic issues. NASA said it will coordinate with other interested space agencies around the world on an International Space Apps Challenge that will encourage scientists and concerned citizens from all seven continents - and in... Read More
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