More PHI Breaches Caused by Providers, Insiders, Report Says
More Protected health information (PHI) is leaked by healthcare providers, not hackers, academic research by Michigan State University and Johns Hopkins University released Monday says.
Former Employee Accessed Medical Records For Nearly a Year
A hospital in upstate New York said it recently discovered a former employee inappropriately accessed patient medical records from 2016 to 2017.
How Financial Services (FinServ) Companies Can Best Mitigate Supply Chain Risk
We asked 18 financial services, security and risk management experts how financial services companies can best mitigate risk in the supply chain.
ePHI of 8,000 Patients Exposed in Health Plan Breach
A Texas health plan said an email error resulted in exposed the electronic protected health information of over 8,000 patients.
Banks, Fintech Firms Form Organization to Promote Secure Data Sharing
Big banks and fintechs joined together this week to form a new non-profit, the Financial Data Exchange, a subsidiary of FS-ISAC, designed to promote a consistent standard for data sharing and security.
Payment Processor CEO Allegedly Stole Customer, Pricing Data for New Company
In a lawsuit filed last week a payment processing company accused its former CEO and several former employees of stealing trade secrets, including customer and banking information, to start a competing business.
SEC Enforces Little Known Identity Theft Rule
The SEC settled a case with the help of a little known 2013 regulation, the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule, for the first time two weeks ago. The rule requires financial institutions to implement a program to detect, prevent, and mitigate identity theft.
Healthcare Data Breaches Up 70 Percent Since 2010
Research recently carried out by the Center for Quantitative Health at Massachusetts General Hospital found there have been 2,149 healthcare breaches, impacting 176.4 million patient records, since 2010.
PCI DSS Compliance Down But Not Out
Compliance around the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was down last year, the first dip observed in six years, according to a report released this week.
New Bill Would Set Standard for Financial Data Security
A new bill introduced earlier this month, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, would ensure customers of financial firms are protected in the event of a data breach but has drawn the ire of trade groups.
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