Lessons Learned From the ‘Wall of Shame’
The HIPAA breach notification rule came into effect in September 2009. According to federal authorities, in these four years, the ‘Wall of Shame’ has seen 674 major breaches that affected a total of 27...
View ArticleLack of Encryption Causes Major Breach, Yet Again
There has been enough and more said about the importance of encryption in safeguarding protected health information (PHI). But data breaches resulting due to lack of encryption continue to fill up the...
View ArticleNumber of Data Breach Victims Doubled in 2013
With contributions of a few mega healthcare data breaches in 2013, the number of individuals affected now is more than twice the number in 2012. While three recent breaches that grabbed the headlines...
View Article2014 – The Year of Data & Privacy Lawsuits?
While the healthcare industry looks at 2014 as the year to strengthen breach prevention and data protection initiatives, experts predict that Healthcare breach suits will be common this year. And true...
View ArticleHealth Breach Tally Hits a New Milestone
A thousand incidents and counting, the federal health breach tally hits an all-time high, now listing 1,010 major breaches reported since federal regulators started to track them in September 2009...
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