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Data theft headaches grow

Another week, yet another data theft. This time a laptop PC was stolen containing unencrypted, confidential data on March 4 and the event was disclosed after the company began notifying employees... Read more...

IT making new inroads in healthcare industry

While confidentiality regulations placed on patient data have fostered greater technology adoption within the medical field, the potential for savings has also played a role when it comes to IT... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: HIPAA still poses major challenges

Can you believe that The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is now a decade old? What may be even harder to believe is that the federal rule aimed at protecting confidential... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: HIPAA still poses major challenges

Can you believe that The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is now a decade old? What may be even harder to believe is that the federal rule aimed at protecting confidential... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: GAO says health data at risk due to system flaws; Energy agency at risk with cyber attacks; and much more...

> GAO says health data at risk due to system flaws. Article > Energy agency at risk for cyber attacks. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Exec shuffle at Microsoft continues; Baltimore WiFi connects communities; and much more...

>The executive shuffle at Microsoft continues. Article >Baltimore WiFi effort is... Read more...

Providers pass up passwords for better tech

Shoring up network security is a top priority for most companies today, especially for those in the healthcare industry--where data is confidential, yet must be shared with a variety of people and... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Security headaches loom with e-health efforts

There's been a steady push on the healthcare industry to go digital and get information, services and processes online for quicker patient response and better medical care. But, the security issues... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Software acts as Trojan spy on cell phones; Microsoft puts Web mail application beta in hands of testers; and much

> Software acts as a Trojan spy on cell phones. Article > Microsoft puts Web mail... Read more...

Microchip technology draws privacy concerns

The increasing advancement of using microchips implanted in humans for medical and biomedical treatment is stirring up the debate over how invasive such chip technology is when it comes to privacy... Read more...