Information Security: National Archives and Records Administration Needs to Implement Key Program Elements and Controls GAO-11-20 October 21, 2010 Summary: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is responsible for preserving access to government documents and other records of historical significance and overseeing records management throughout the federal government. NARA relies on the use of…
Court Quashes Subpoenas Seeking Abortion Records
Jeff Gorman reports: Kansas health employees are not required to hand over abortion records to former state Attorney General Phill Kline or testify about the contents of those reports, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled. In 2004, Kline subpoenaed Shawnee County District Judge Richard D. Anderson, attorney Stephen W. Cavanaugh, and employees of the Kansas Department…
Audit: Province and U of Calgary must do better job
Jamie Komarnicki reports: The provincial government and the University of Calgary must do a better job of protecting against unauthorized access to confidential online information, warns Alberta’s auditor general. Service Alberta and the U of C each came under fire in Merwan Saher’s latest report, released Tuesday, for not demonstrating they’ve implemented adequate security policies,…
AU: Telstra botched mail-out exposes 220,000 customers
Asher Moses reports: Telstra is being investigated by both the communications and privacy watchdogs after it sent out 220,000 letters that contained account information belonging to other customers. The letters, which contained the name, phone number and telephone plan of customers other than the recipients, explained upcoming fixed line price changes. Telstra blamed the privacy…
Two Bulgarian nationals charged in alleged ATM skimming scheme
The Associated Press reports that authorities in New Jersey have charged two Bulgarian men with scanning personal information from ATM machines and withdrawing more than $200,000 from customers’ accounts. Lachezar Lazarov and Georgi Nikiforov appeared in federal court in Newark on Tuesday and were ordered held without bail…. They are accused of installing devices on…
Missing hard drive from WTC Medical Monitoring Program at Mt. Sinai contained PHI
A missing – and most likely stolen – hard drive from the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program at Mt. Sinai Hospital contained e-mails with some some protected health information. The drive was taken from a computer in the Mental Health Center. According to a notification letter (Page 1 Page 2) sent to those…