Warning: HIPAA has teeth and will bite over healthcare privacy blunders

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	Warning: HIPAA has teeth and will bite over healthcare privacy blunders Healthcare organizations that are performing risk assessments as a way to craft patient-privacy policies might want to consider a new potential attack vector: federal regulators. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study: Boston College Read this case study to learn how Boston College has reduced complexity of the backup process for over 1,700 seats by centralizing management. Read now In this Issue Security roundup: How did 9/11 change IT?; Microsoft premature patching; HIPAA gets nasty Whoops! Microsoft leaks patch info four days early Verizon fires workers who ran, participated in office football pool Stop Using FTP! How to Transfer Files Securely Credit card forger sentenced to 14 years Cernam raises the bar for capturing and preserving online content as evidence Hacker claims he can exploit Windows Update 9/11: Top lessons learned for disaster recovery Web paths are personal data says consumer group Apple strikes stolen SSL certificates from OS X WHITE PAPER: VeriSign DDoS: Finally Getting the Attention it Deserves Verisign commissioned a market research study to investigate just how concerned IT decision makers are with the threat of DDoS attacks and what - if anything - they are doing to prepare for the increased threats in today's ever evolving cyber landscape. The results in this paper are very revealing. Read Now! Security roundup: How did 9/11 change IT?; Microsoft premature patching; HIPAA gets nasty The 10th anniversary of the infamous Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America is prompting reflection on those who died on that day of mass murder, and what changed in our society because of it. Read More Whoops! Microsoft leaks patch info four days early Microsoft jumped the gun today by prematurely releasing information on all five of the security updates it plans to ship next Tuesday. Read More Verizon fires workers who ran, participated in office football pool If you thought taking part in the office Super Bowl pool or filling out a March madness bracket at work wasn't a big deal, think again - especially if you work at Verizon. The Taunton (Mass.) Gazette today reported that Verizon fired six workers and suspended 32 others for taking part in a Super Bowl pool this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Data Security via Desktop Virtualization By centralizing virtual desktops and data, companies can protect sensitive information while giving users more flexibility and choice. Read More Stop Using FTP! How to Transfer Files Securely File Transfer Protocol (FTP), one of the oldest of Internet protocols, is still widely deployed, but it's the protocol sysadmins love to hate. Back in FTP's early days, the Internet was just a small network of computers where everyone knew everyone else, and FTP made little provision for security. Later revisions of the specification tried to add security features, but you can't fix an amputation... Read More Credit card forger sentenced to 14 years A man who sold phony credit cards online was sentenced to 14 years in prison and must pay more than $3 million after pleading guilty to wire fraud and identity theft. Read More Cernam raises the bar for capturing and preserving online content as evidence When it comes to using online content as evidence in a lawsuit, it's not sufficient to have a screen capture or other image of the content. Cernam is introducing new "capture and preserve" technology that precisely captures online content and its metadata and other properties so the content is valid as evidence. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware Learn why traditional antivirus approaches don't work and why a new approach to endpoint security is required to better protect your company from malicious threats. Learn about the scope of the malware problem and strategies that can help you defend against evolving malware threats. Read now! Hacker claims he can exploit Windows Update The hacker who calls himself "Comodohacker" said this week that he could have used digital certificates stolen from a Dutch firm to issue fake updates to Windows PCs. Read More 9/11: Top lessons learned for disaster recovery In the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, physical security, human contingency planning and an evolution in technological capabilities have improved the odds that business can carry on during -- and after -- a disaster. Read More Web paths are personal data says consumer group A leading international consumer group has called on the United States Federal Trade Commission and the European Union's main body for data protection, the Article 29 Working Group, to reject self-regulation of online behavioral advertising. Read More Apple strikes stolen SSL certificates from OS X Apple today released an update to Mac OS X that blocks Safari users from reaching sites secured with certificates stolen from a Dutch company last summer. Read More
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