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GovInfoSecurity.com covers the latest news, laws, regulations and directives related to government information security, focusing on the White House's cybersecurity initiatives, the latest legislative efforts in Congress, as well as thought leadership from top government CISOs.
Automated FISMA Reporting Tool Unveiled - GovInfoSecurity
Kundra said OMB will unveil a cybersecurity dashboard next spring, "unlocking the value of agency FISMA submissions in a timely, comprehensive and secure manner." The Department of State has deployed a digital security dashboard to monitor its worldwide system of 5,000 routers and 40,000 host computers that supports 285 foreign posts.
HHS Warns of Threats to Electronic Health Records - GovInfoSecurity
2022年2月18日 · The top threats to EMRs and EHRs include phishing attacks, ransomware and other malware attacks, encryption "blind spots," cloud threats and employees, HHS says. To better protect against phishing attacks, HHS recommends educating healthcare professionals, including training them to not click links within emails and to verify all requests to ...
Latest breaking news articles on government information security
Anna Delaney • October 18, 2024. In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the strategic convergence of data security posture management and data loss prevention technologies, evolving priorities of security leaders and the urgent readiness challenges posed by the NIS2 Directive. Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks.
Ohio Hospital Still Struggling One Week After Cyberattack
2021年11月18日 · A Portsmouth, Ohio-based hospital is still struggling to fully recover - continuing to cancel and postpone some patient care services - one week after it revealed that hackers had gained access to some of its servers in what it said appeared to be a "targeted cyberattack." See Also: Gartner Guide for Digital Forensics and Incident Response.
How Can SLTTs Defend Against Cyber Threats? - GovInfoSecurity
Improving cybersecurity maturity is often even more difficult, made increasingly challenging by the eye-watering costs of cybersecurity products and solutions. And when you are responsible for securing citizens’ data as a U.S. State, Local, Tribal, or Territorial (SLTT) entity, those coffers run dry faster than ever.
Medical Workers Plead Guilty to PHI Access-Related Crimes
2021年12月6日 · Two former healthcare workers - a medical biller in Florida and an emergency medical technician in New York - have pleaded guilty in two separate federal cases involving the criminal misuse of patient information accessed while performing their jobs. One case involved healthcare fraud and identity theft, and the other criminal HIPAA violations.
Lawsuit: Health System Failed to Heed Ransomware Warnings
2021年9月15日 · A lawsuit against St. Joseph's/Candler alleges the health system failed to heed federal warnings of ransomware threats. A proposed class action lawsuit filed this week against St. Joseph's/Candler Health System in the wake of a recent ransomware breach affecting 1.4 million individuals alleges that the Georgia-based healthcare entity was "reckless" and "negligent" in safeguarding patients ...
HHS on Information Blocking Rule Enforcement: Stay Tuned
2021年9月10日 · A year earlier, however, in April 2020, the HHS OIG issued a proposed enforcement rule for the information blocking regulations and elicited public comment. Under that proposal, health information exchange organizations and certified health IT vendors face civil monetary penalties up to $1 million per information blocking violation.
White Papers - government information security - GovInfoSecurity
The Future of Evolving Workplace Passwords. As security leaders navigate the evolving authentication landscape, passwords remain a vital part of the conversation. While passwordless authentication is gaining attention, our IT and cybersecurity leaders survey reveals that passwords are evolving, not disappearing.