Ron Southwick of Chief Healthcare Executive notes what a bad year this has already been in terms of breaches in the healthcare sector, but notes things may even get worse: Even with those dire signs about the dangers of cyberattacks, experts warn that health systems will face new and emerging threats in the years to…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
OCR Presents: How the Security Rule Can Help Defend Against Cyber-Attacks
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will be producing a pre-recorded webinar for HIPAA covered entities and business associates (collectively, “regulated entities”) discussing how the Security Rule can help regulated entities defend against cyber-attacks. The webinar will discuss real world cyber-attack trends from OCR breach reports and investigations and explore how implementation of appropriate…
As AI boosts Texas cybercrime, challenges in bringing international criminals to justice remain
Eric Killelea reports: It used to be easier. Christopher Delzotto remembers the days not so long ago when many online financial scams could be spotted just by reading them. They were full of misspellings, poor grammar and awkward phrasing — all signs that they were created in other countries where a hacker’s first language isn’t English. The…
California Privacy Protection Agency publishes new draft regulations addressing AI, risk assessments, cyber audits
Philip N. Yannella, Gregory P. Szewczyk, and Timothy Dickens of Ballard Spahr write: The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) recently published two new sets of draft regulations addressing a range of cutting-edge data protection issues. Although the CPPA has not officially started the formal rulemaking process, the Draft Cybersecurity Audit Regulations and the Draft Risk Assessment Regulations will serve…
Insights From The IBM 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: The annual Cost of a Data Breach Report (Report) published by IBM is reliably full of helpful cybersecurity data. This year is no different. After reviewing the Report, we pulled out some interesting data points: Is it beneficial to involve law enforcement in a ransomware attack? According to the Report, organizations…
Announce: New category on DataBreaches.net
Given the explosion of news and analyses concerning artificial intelligence, a category for the topic has now been added to DataBreaches.net. To find articles prior to 2022, use the site’s search function for “Artificial Intelligence.”