NIST's 7-Step Contingency Planning Process - GovInfoSecurity
Jun 8, 2010 · NIST on Monday issued revised guidance that defines a seven-step contingency planning process that federal agencies and other organizations in fields such as healthcare and banking can use to develop and maintain a viable interim recovery program for their information systems.. The National Institute of Standards and Technology designed the seven progressive steps to be integrated into each ...
Government info security news, training, education - GovInfoSecurity
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.
Government Information Security Training Webinars
Chinmay Gaikwad - Harness, Sean Roth - Harness • November 14, 2024 @ 11:30 AM (EST) •. Upcoming regulatory changes and evolving supply chain threats require a proactive approach to Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM). Join our webinar to learn how CIS benchmarks and best practices can enhance your supply chain security posture.
Lawsuits in Wake of MCG Health Data Breach Start Piling Up
Jun 24, 2022 · Data breach attorneys are flooding courts with proposed federal class action lawsuits against MCG Health after the company disclosed a data breach affecting up to 1.1 million individuals.. See Also: Gartner Guide for Digital Forensics and Incident Response As of Friday, at least four lawsuits with similar allegations stemming from a just-revealed 2020 breach have been filed against the ...
Cyberattack Affects Greenland's Healthcare Services
May 23, 2022 · Greenland's healthcare services have been "severely limited" due to a cyberattack that has lasted for at least two weeks to date, says the Naalakkersuisut, the country's government. See Also: Gartner Guide for Digital Forensics and Incident Response. All IT systems and servers associated with the healthcare services of the country were forced ...
Information Security News - GovInfoSecurity
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • October 31, 2024. A Colorado-based pathology laboratory is notifying more than 1.8 million patients that their sensitive information was compromised in an April hack, one of the largest breaches reported by a medical testing lab to U.S. federal regulators to date. Ransomware gang Medusa is blamed for the attack.
Healthcare Workers Allege Amazon Alexa Violates Privacy
Jul 7, 2021 · A lawsuit alleges Amazon Alexa device recordings violate privacy and wiretapping laws. Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant device and applications are unlawfully recording and storing highly sensitive and private conversations, including discussions of patient information, that were not meant to be recorded, four healthcare …
GovInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication
GovInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication. Also: Potential Government Policy Changes; AI-Driven Zero-Day Discoveries. In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed how the recent election results may reshape U.S. cybersecurity policy and healthcare privacy under HIPAA and the groundbreaking role of artificial intelligence in Google’s recent ...
EHR Vendor Breach Lawsuit Seeks Security Improvements
Jan 6, 2022 · Breach Details. In its breach notification statement issued on Oct. 22, QRS says that on Aug. 26, 2021, it discovered that a "cyberattacker" had accessed one QRS dedicated patient portal server. An investigation into the incident determined that the attacker had accessed the single server over three days, from Aug. 23 to Aug. 26, QRS says.
Malware Breach Affects 1.2 Million Medical Center Patients
Jun 27, 2022 · Before joining ISMG in 2012, she was a reporter at InformationWeek magazine and news site and played a lead role in the launch of InformationWeek's healthcare IT media site. A malware incident involving exfiltration of data has affected more than 1.24 million patients of Texas-based Baptist Medical Center and Resolute Health Hospital.