Mary Landesman wrote a clever commentary on how to respond to breaches. Landesman uses Goofus and Gallant from the children’s Highlights magazine to contrast different types of responses with examples drawn from two healthcare sector breaches involving the University of North Carolina. If we teach our children to emulate Gallant and not Goofus, can those…
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UK: Gambling worker guilty of selling 65,000 bingo players’ details
A former gambling industry worker who unlawfully obtained and sold personal data relating to over 65,000 online bingo players has been found guilty of committing three offences under section 55 of the Data Protection Act. Marc Ben-Ezra, of Finchley, was given a three year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £1,700 to Cashcade Limited as…
Leader in Energy Security Joins Critical Assets Executive Team
Del Mar, CA, November 09, 2011 –(PR.com)– In response to growing demand from the energy sector for more efficient NERC/CIP programs and a single source security team that understands the energy market, Critical Assets, the world’s leading provider of security and compliance services, announced today that Jeff Mills, the former chief energy security strategist for…
Three months after tapes are reported missing, ValueOptions notifies National Elevator Industry subscribers (updated)
I just read a notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that is both thorough in its description of the event and steps taken, but also needlessly increased the risk to those affected. In a letter dated October 28, ValueOptions, Inc. described how a container of tapes containing unencrypted data went missing after being…
Updating some previously reported breaches
HHS has updated its breach tool, which allows me to update a few previously reported breaches: The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound breach, involving a stolen a laptop, affected 10,345. RxAmerica, named in mailing error glitch that affected Accendo Insurance and Molina Medicare, was also named by Windsor Health Plan in Tennessee in their report to HHS….
IE: HIQA releases new guide for protecting patient records
Of note to healthcare professionals in Ireland: the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has released a new guide on protecting highly sensitive health records. The guide and self assessment tool are available to download from www.hiqa.ie or from Facebook or Twitter by searching ‘HIQA’. Source: TheJournal.ie