This white paper discusses the various cyber threats targeting healthcare organizations and the challenges security professionals face in securing access to protected health information.
A summarized version of the 60 page Rule broken down by Kirk J. Nahra, a partner with Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP in Washington, D.C. He specializes in privacy and information security litigation and counseling for companies facing compliance obligations in these areas. He is the Chair of the firm’s Privacy Practice. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and edits IAPP’s monthly newsletter, Privacy Officers Advisor. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, and is the Chair of the ABA Health Law Section’s Interest Group on eHealth, Privacy & Security.
This new publication, Cyber Claims Insight from Aon Benfield’s Cyber Practice Group, empowers readers with the resources and tools they need to understand the cyber landscape, including legal trends, claims and insurance coverage disputes.
This white paper discusses the various cyber threats targeting healthcare organizations and the challenges security professionals face in securing access to protected health information.
A summarized version of the 60 page Rule broken down by Kirk J. Nahra, a partner with Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP in Washington, D.C. He specializes in privacy and information security litigation and counseling for companies facing compliance obligations in these areas. He is the Chair of the firm’s Privacy Practice. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and edits IAPP’s monthly newsletter, Privacy Officers Advisor. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, and is the Chair of the ABA Health Law Section’s Interest Group on eHealth, Privacy & Security.
This new publication, Cyber Claims Insight from Aon Benfield’s Cyber Practice Group, empowers readers with the resources and tools they need to understand the cyber landscape, including legal trends, claims and insurance coverage disputes.
company names mentioned herein are for identification and educational purposes only and are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.
This presentation covers the FACTA Identity Theft Red Flags Rule and other legislation in the compliance for business in preventing and reducing Identity Theft in the workplace.
In the no so distant past, individuals didn't stress much when they lost a charge card or discarded a bill. They knew they could contact their loan bosses and rectify it before long. In any case, today, you might be a casualty of Identity theft fraud and not know it. This pernicious wrongdoing is likewise difficult to indict on the grounds that it's hard to distinguish and find the culprit.
Tisski Ltd Freedom of Information White PaperKatie Weir
The public sector’s management of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has come sharply into focus recently, with the new Information Commissioner threatening to vigorously pursue delays and poor treatment of FOI applications.
This white paper sets out to explore the challenges around maintaining compliance and what existing technology can deliver immediate improvements to FOI systems and processes.
It specifically looks at the power of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and will be useful to anyone operating in the public sector who wants to find a quick and effective means of ensuring compliance at a time of enhanced scrutiny.
Identity Theft and Society: What's in it for me?Robert Bromwich
Paper aims to provide an overview of the problems of identity theft and its impacts on society coupled iwth potential solutions for individuals, corprorations and government agencies to mitigate and solve the issue.
Corporate role in protecting consumers from the risk of identity theftIJCNCJournal
The Internet has made it possible for users to be robbed of their reputation, money and credit worthiness by
the click of a mouse. The impact of identity theft severely limits victims’ ability to participate in commerce,
education and normal societal functions. This paper evaluates resurgence in syndicated cyber attacks,
which includes but not limited to identity theft, corporate espionage and cyber warfare taking advantage of
the Internet as a medium of operations. The paper highlights the increase of cyber related attacks in the
past ten years due to lack of transatlantic international corporation between participating countries,
coherent information security policies, data aggregation and sound international laws to facilitate
prosecution of perpetrators. The cyber space coupled with availability of free hacking tools has contributed
to resurgence in syndicated identity theft, corporate espionage and identity theft by organized crime
elements taking advantage of the Internet as a medium of operations. This paper presents conclusive
solution that users, organizations and consumers can enact to protect themselves from the threat of cyber
attacks culminating into identity theft, financial loss or both.
In our Cloud Technology arm, we've focused on Layered Security for the past 2+ years. We've certainly had a great many stories that are not usually indicative of how critical this issue is for both businesses and individuals. Something you must realize, the hackers are not doing for the ability to cripple a company... they are doing it to get to us, the last layer which is why we need "Layered Security!" Sholove is simply the 31 flavors of Mobility Security, and you need to protect your personal infrastructure. So reach out to us today to engage in the conversation, and we can help you have the knowledge you need to protect yourselves and your families!
Over the last several years, financial institutions have spent billions of dollars and resources securing a perimeter defense system consisting of intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, firewalls, user authentication, and other layers of security all built to secure their financial systems. Due to the exponential increase in internal and external information security incidents, these investments are necessary to protect an institution’s reputation and revenue. In addition, the federal government is using regulatory means to ensure the banks
take responsibility for potential losses.
Of equal or even greater threat, however, are the social aspects of the Internet that cannot
be controlled. For example, financial institutions need to be aware of the reputational risk that is inherent on the Internet. Each institution needs to do more than reactively protect its data; it must also proactively safeguard its reputation online, where references to its corporate name alone can number in the millions. An institution must also guard against infringements against its logo, its trademarks or other graphic representations. This risk, outside the firewall, is the other side of the coin.
In this Economic Crisis going on today we have seen an alarming record levels of employee fraud, information and property theft, easy access to fake credentials, and conflicts and violence in the workplace. Accordingly, Kevin Connell has organized a “Complimentary Webinar” for HR Managers, Business Owners and CEO’s of companies across North America. In the webinar this Friday August 20th, the webinar will address the issues of employment background checks, employee fraud, resume fraud, and diploma mills.
company names mentioned herein are for identification and educational purposes only and are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.
This presentation covers the FACTA Identity Theft Red Flags Rule and other legislation in the compliance for business in preventing and reducing Identity Theft in the workplace.
In the no so distant past, individuals didn't stress much when they lost a charge card or discarded a bill. They knew they could contact their loan bosses and rectify it before long. In any case, today, you might be a casualty of Identity theft fraud and not know it. This pernicious wrongdoing is likewise difficult to indict on the grounds that it's hard to distinguish and find the culprit.
Tisski Ltd Freedom of Information White PaperKatie Weir
The public sector’s management of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has come sharply into focus recently, with the new Information Commissioner threatening to vigorously pursue delays and poor treatment of FOI applications.
This white paper sets out to explore the challenges around maintaining compliance and what existing technology can deliver immediate improvements to FOI systems and processes.
It specifically looks at the power of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and will be useful to anyone operating in the public sector who wants to find a quick and effective means of ensuring compliance at a time of enhanced scrutiny.
Identity Theft and Society: What's in it for me?Robert Bromwich
Paper aims to provide an overview of the problems of identity theft and its impacts on society coupled iwth potential solutions for individuals, corprorations and government agencies to mitigate and solve the issue.
Corporate role in protecting consumers from the risk of identity theftIJCNCJournal
The Internet has made it possible for users to be robbed of their reputation, money and credit worthiness by
the click of a mouse. The impact of identity theft severely limits victims’ ability to participate in commerce,
education and normal societal functions. This paper evaluates resurgence in syndicated cyber attacks,
which includes but not limited to identity theft, corporate espionage and cyber warfare taking advantage of
the Internet as a medium of operations. The paper highlights the increase of cyber related attacks in the
past ten years due to lack of transatlantic international corporation between participating countries,
coherent information security policies, data aggregation and sound international laws to facilitate
prosecution of perpetrators. The cyber space coupled with availability of free hacking tools has contributed
to resurgence in syndicated identity theft, corporate espionage and identity theft by organized crime
elements taking advantage of the Internet as a medium of operations. This paper presents conclusive
solution that users, organizations and consumers can enact to protect themselves from the threat of cyber
attacks culminating into identity theft, financial loss or both.
In our Cloud Technology arm, we've focused on Layered Security for the past 2+ years. We've certainly had a great many stories that are not usually indicative of how critical this issue is for both businesses and individuals. Something you must realize, the hackers are not doing for the ability to cripple a company... they are doing it to get to us, the last layer which is why we need "Layered Security!" Sholove is simply the 31 flavors of Mobility Security, and you need to protect your personal infrastructure. So reach out to us today to engage in the conversation, and we can help you have the knowledge you need to protect yourselves and your families!
Over the last several years, financial institutions have spent billions of dollars and resources securing a perimeter defense system consisting of intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, firewalls, user authentication, and other layers of security all built to secure their financial systems. Due to the exponential increase in internal and external information security incidents, these investments are necessary to protect an institution’s reputation and revenue. In addition, the federal government is using regulatory means to ensure the banks
take responsibility for potential losses.
Of equal or even greater threat, however, are the social aspects of the Internet that cannot
be controlled. For example, financial institutions need to be aware of the reputational risk that is inherent on the Internet. Each institution needs to do more than reactively protect its data; it must also proactively safeguard its reputation online, where references to its corporate name alone can number in the millions. An institution must also guard against infringements against its logo, its trademarks or other graphic representations. This risk, outside the firewall, is the other side of the coin.
In this Economic Crisis going on today we have seen an alarming record levels of employee fraud, information and property theft, easy access to fake credentials, and conflicts and violence in the workplace. Accordingly, Kevin Connell has organized a “Complimentary Webinar” for HR Managers, Business Owners and CEO’s of companies across North America. In the webinar this Friday August 20th, the webinar will address the issues of employment background checks, employee fraud, resume fraud, and diploma mills.
SAP IT session on SAP Screen Personas at TechEd 2013Peter Spielvogel
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Second Annual Chandler Science Pub Quiz, Ig Nobel EditionEileen M. Kane
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El presente informe corresponde al seguimiento realizado por el Asesor de Gestión, cuyas funciones corresponden al Control Interno del municipio de Arboletes a los Gastos Generales ejecutados por la Administración Municipal, verificando el cumplimiento a lo establecido en el Artículo 22 del Decreto 1737 de 1998, modificado por el Decreto 0984 del 14 de Mayo de 2012, y a las disposiciones establecidas sobre austeridad y eficiencia del gasto público.
This white paper discusses the various cyber threats targeting healthcare organizations and the challenges security professionals face in securing access to protected health information.
iStart feature: Protect and serve how safe is your personal data?Hayden McCall
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Running head: Information security threats 1
Information security threats 7
Information security threats
Khaleem Pasha Mohammad
Campbellsville University
Introduction
The development of technology has been greatly embraced in hospitals, saved innumerable lives, and improved the quality of care provision. Not exclusively has technology changed patients knowledgeable and of their families but further consideration has had a significant impact on the strategy and practices of practitioners. One in every five of the areas that have greatly embraced technology is care data. Technology has helped inside the treatment of care records through the introduction of electronic health records, that's exchange paper records. With the availability of electronic care record (EHR) systems, a nurse can merely check for patients’ allergies, case history, weight, age, and prescription through the press of a button. However, the most quantity as institutions are clasp technology to stay up their health records, there are series of risks associated with these technologies. Since the start of technology inside the upkeep of care records, the care trade has been a primary target for cyber crimes. The motives behind cyber-attacks on care are clear as insurance firms, hospitals, care clinics, and totally different care suppliers keep health records that contain valuable information. The use of America Department of Health and Human Services for Civil Rights has acknowledged that over 100 million people square measure suffering from care data security breach. Gregorian calendar month 2015 was a foul month for electronic data jointly of the most important hacks on health care records on Anthem Blue Cross resulting in over seventy-eight million patients’ health data was taken. The cyber-attack scarf sensitive data that contained social securities, names, and residential addresses of people. Constant year, Premera Blue Cross reported that a cyber-attack has exposed medical information of over eleven million customers. Back in 2011, over 4.9 million health records were taken electronically from Science Application International Corporation. These are few cases of a care data breach with sensitive data falling into the hands of third parties. In guaranteeing that there are privacy and security in care records, bureau insurance mobility and responsibility (HIPPA) is providing legislation that hospital and totally different institutions that handle patient’s data to adopt in guaranteeing that varied security measures are enforced in protecting data.
HIPPA and Security Compliance
As much as institutions are clasp technology in storing care data, it is vital for institutions like HIPPA to regulate these bodies to substantiate that shopper rights are protected. The HIPAA Security Rule provides that electronic records of patients got to be protected in any respect times from any unauthorized access nonetheless the information being at rest or in transit.
Why cyber-criminals target Healthcare - Panda Security Panda Security
The healthcare industry is very technologically advanced but it also has huge security flaws, making it an easy target for cyber-criminals. If we add this to the immense amount of highly sensitive information that is managed by hospitals, pharmacies and health insurance providers, plus the high price that it could be sold for on the black market where a medical history is much more valuable than a credit card, we are able to understand how this was the most attacked industry last year.
More details:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/panda-security/panda-security-dissects-cyber-pandemic/
INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN FOR A SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HOSPITALIJNSA Journal
Most small to medium health care organizations do not have the capability to address cyber incidents within the organization. Those that do are poorly trained and ill equipped. These health care organizations are subject to various laws that address privacy concerns, proper handling of financial information, and Personally Identifiable Information. Currently an IT staff handles responses to these incidents in an Ad Hoc manner. A properly trained, staffed, and equipped Cyber Incident Response Team is needed to quickly respond to these incidents to minimize data loss, and provide forensic data for the purpose of notification, disciplinary action, legal action, and to remove the risk vector. This paper1 will use the proven Incident Command System model used in emergency services to show any sized agency can have an adequate CIRT.
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www.pwc.com/gsiss2015
Managing cyber risks in an
interconnected world
Key findings from The Global State of
Information Security® Survey 2015
30 September 2014
03
Employees are the most-
cited culprits of incidents
p13
Nation-states, hackers, and
organized crime groups are
the cybersecurity villains that
everybody loves to hate
Figure 6: Insiders vs. outsiders
p15
High growth in high-profile
crimes
p18
Domestic intelligence: A new
source of concern
01
Cyber risks: A severe and
present danger
p1
Cybersecurity is now a persistent
business risk
p3
And the risks go beyond devices
p5
Cybersecurity services market
is expanding
Figure 1: Security incidents outpace
GDP and mobile phone growth
Table of contents
02
Incidents and financial
impacts continue to soar
p7
Continued year-over-year
rise is no surprise
Figure 2: Security incidents grow
66% CAGR
Figure 3: Larger companies detect
more incidents
Figure 4: Information security
budget by company size (revenue)
p10
Financial losses increase apace
Figure 5: Incidents are more costly
to large organizations
07
Evolving from security to
cyber risk management
p31
As incidents continue to proliferate
across the globe, it’s becoming
clear that cyber risks will never
be completely eliminated
p35
Methodology
p36
Endnotes & sources
p37
Contacts by region
04
As incidents rise, security
spending falls
p19
Organizations are undoubtedly
worried about the rising tide
of cybercrime
Figure 7: Overall, average security
budgets decrease slightly, reversing
a three-year trend.
Figure 8: Top spending priorities
over the next 12 months
05
Declines in fundamental
security practices
p25
Security practices must keep pace
with constantly evolving threats
and security requirements
Figure 9: Failing to keep up with
security threats
Figure 10: At most organizations, the
Board of Directors does not participate
in key information security activities
06
Gains in select security
initiatives
p29
While we found declines in
some security practices, we also
saw gains in important areas
Cybersecurity is
now a persistent
business risk
It is no longer an issue that
concerns only information
technology and security
professionals; the impact
has extended to the C-suite
and boardroom.
Awareness and concern about
security incidents and threats
also has become top of mind among
consumers as well. In short, few
risk issues are as all-encompassing
as cybersecurity.
Media reports of security incidents
have become as commonplace as the
weather forecast, and over the past
12 months virtually every industry
sector across the globe has been hit
by some type of cyber threat.
Following are but a few: As incidents
proliferate, governments are
becoming more proactive in helping
organizations fight cyber crime.
The US Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), for example,
disclosed that it notified 3,000
companies—including banks,
retaile.
“Many organizations security defences have been smacked Their earned reputation within a flash have been jacked Heartless jokes on them by others also have been cracked How come they’re sure that their firms haven’t been hacked?"
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
2. Article 1: Privacy breach exposes Social Security numbers of FSCJ students, employees Five other state colleges impacted by security breakdown at automated library services provider. Posted: August 10, 2010 - 2:02pm Advertisement By Matt Coleman Social Security numbers and other private information belonging to students and employees at Florida State College at Jacksonville and five other state colleges might have been accessible this year because of a privacy breach at an automated library service. The College Center for Library Automation in Tallahassee, which provides electronic resources to Florida’s public colleges, advised almost 30,000 FSCJ students and employees Tuesday that a software upgrade left their personal data vulnerable from May 29 to June 2. The breach was identified in late June, when a student reported finding his own personal information embedded in a set of Google search results, according to a news release from the center. Names and driver’s license numbers also might have been accessible during the five-day window. The exposed data did not include any personal financial information such as credit card or bank account numbers or library usage records, center spokeswoman Lauren Sproull said. She declined to identity the type of software that was being upgraded when the security breach occurred. No incidents of identity theft have been reported, but that hasn’t stopped the center from cautioning students to place a fraud alert on their credit files by contacting a credit bureaus. The privacy breach included only data from students and employees who were active during the summer term, FSCJ spokesman Michael Corby said. Corby said the college is moving away from using sensitive personal data for library services and other on-campus resources. The school will debut a new student identification card system next week in preparation for the 2010-11 academic year. Social Security numbers won’t be part of that identification system. Another 100,000 students and employees from Broward College, Northwest Florida State College, Pensacola State College, South Florida Community College and Tallahassee Community College also could have been affected in the security lapse.
3. Summary & comments This article was identifying the recent identity leak that had occurred in a college. Although there was no record of anything being stolen it was still very dangerous. It was identified when one of the students found personal information about himself through a Google search. This could have resulted in many things. Including theft or even the college getting into legal issues and causing them to change their system or pay compensations to the victims.
4. Article 2: 15 August 2010 18:20 Web trackers breach the privacy barrier Article tools Print articleSend to friend The fastest growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers. A Wall Street Journal investigation finds that one of the "fastest growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers". It notes that while Web tracking software is nothing new, it has grown "far more pervasive and far more intrusive than is realised by all but a handful of people in the vanguard of the industry". The 50 top websites on average installed 64 pieces of tracking technology onto the computers of visitors, usually with no warning. A dozen sites each installed more than a 100. Tracking technology is getting smarter and more intrusive. New tools scan in real time what people are doing on a Web page, then instantly assess location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions. "Some tools surreptitiously re-spawn themselves even after users try to delete them," reports The Wall Street Journal. The growing use and power of tracking technology has begun to raise regulatory concerns. It quotes Senator George LeMieux in a hearing on Internet privacy: "If you were in the Gap, and the sales associate said to you, ‘OK, from now on, since you shopped here today, we are going to follow you around the mall and view your consumer transactions,' no person would ever agree to that." Usefully, the newspaper provides a full guide on how "to avoid prying eyes", including simple browser setting changes that users can implement on their computers, privacy ‘plug-ins' that can be installed to combat actively attempts to spy and ways of ‘opting out' of certain Web advertising networks.
5. Summary & comments This article was about the web tracking software that can be used to track others on computers. It also identified many concerns that could occur with this system. This can have many issues with this system. Some being: Theft and invasion of privacy.
6. Article 3:Analysis: Healthcare Breach Costs May Reach $800 Million Posted by George Hulme, Aug 15, 2010 05:26 PMAccording to an analysis by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), regulated health care organizations that have reported health information breaches of 500 or more people could cumulatively spend upwards of $1 billion in related costs. Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or HITECH Act of 2009 came to being, a number of new privacy, security and reporting and non-compliance penalty provisions went into effect. And as summarized by this report from HITRSUT, there have been 108 entities who have reported security breaches since September of last year. Those breaches comprise about 4 million people and records. In the analysis, Chris Hourihan Manager, CSF Development and Operations, HITRUST used the 2009 Ponemon Institute Cost of a Data Breach Study [.pdf], which found the average cost for each record within a data breach to be $204. That's $144 of indirect costs and $60 of direct costs. An overview of the Ponemon study is available here. By doing the math on the HITECH related breaches, Hourihan estimates that the total cost for all organizations could reach $834 million: $245 million in direct costs for everyone and $2.3 million to $7.7 million in indirect costs. While the trigger for breach notification is risk based, Hourihan estimates that health care organizations are being extremely cautious, and erring on the side of publicly reporting breaches, rather than being more conservative: It is important to note that what constitutes a breach and is subsequently reported to the [Health and Human Services] Secretary: an organization believes the incident “poses a significant risk of financial, reputational, or other harm to the individual;” this does not mean some form of harm has been enacted upon everyone or even anyone affected. While this provides the possibility for an organization to not notify individuals—if the organization performs a risk assessment and determines the risk of harm is significantly low—organizations appear to be erring on the side of caution and providing notice to the individuals and Secretary regardless. In one specific instance with Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, the laptop that was stolen was in fact encrypted, yet notice was still provided. In breaking down the data breaches by how they occurred, Hourihan also found the majority of breaches to be by loss and theft: Looking at the cross-section of these categories and focusing first on simply the number of breaches experienced, the theft of laptops was the number one cause resulting in a total of 32 breaches reported. The next closest leading causes are theft of desktop computers and theft of removable media resulting in 10 and 12 breaches respectively. The total number of thefts reported is an astonishing 68 or 63% of all breaches. With those costs in mind, and the hassles associated with breach notification, it would seem more health care organizations would turn to encrypting of data at rest - and banning the use of notebooks and removable media for protected patient medical information.
7. Summary & comments This article was identifying the major privacy breach that occurred in the heath care system. It including records of patients being breached and insecure. It identifies that massive effects of the organisations financial and reputational status and also having affects to the patient individuals. It wasn't good enough that the breaches included 4million people and their details. The good thing about this article is that it identifies the steps that will help ensure that the information is being protected, including the loss of notebooks with data on them as they are easily portable.
8. Why should personal information be protected? Personal information should be protected. As it is personal, no one else unless given permission should be allowed to access your information. If it is not protected the risk of theft increases significantly. Your information when not being protected can be stolen or used in many different ways. Not only can the victim be penalised but the organisation who is responsible for the protection of your information can also be.