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Health Net Fined $55K for Data Breach

compliancesoftware — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:36:01 +0000

Health insurance giant Health Net has been fined by the state of Vermont over the insurer’s loss of a portable disk drive that exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 1.5 million people, including 525 Vermonters. via Health Net Fined …

Cyber bill would reform FISMA, instate new DHS agency and appoint White House-level authority

compliancesoftware — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:11:34 +0000

A controversial Internet security bill proposed in 2010 by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) could yet become law in the current session of Congress, said Jeff Greene, counsel on the majority staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. …

More Patients Meeting With Doctors Via Web Programs Such as Skype

compliancesoftware — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:24:33 +0000

Physicians using webcams to consult with patients soon could see significant obstacles, as state laws likely will grow more restrictive as technology advances, according to Capistrant. Physicians must be licensed in the state where their practice is located and in …

Indiana AG Sues WellPoint for Breach

compliancesoftware — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:22:47 +0000

Indiana Attorney General Gregory Zoeller has filed a lawsuit against health insurer WellPoint Inc., alleging the company did not notify 32,051 affected consumers in the state of a breach of their protected health information in a timely manner. via Indiana …

Lost hard drive puts data on 280,000 Medicaid enrollees at risk – FierceHealthIT

compliancesoftware — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:28:20 +0000

The names, addresses and some health information of 280,000 Medicaid enrollees in Pennsylvania could be at risk after two affiliated managed care organizations reported the loss of a hard drive from a portable computer.The hard drive went missing in the …

SAS 70 Is Dead!

compliancesoftware — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:25:00 +0000

Long live SSAE 16 and ISAE 3402! One of the most misunderstood things about SAS 70 was the fact that it was technically only a valid auditing standard in the United States, even though SAS 70 reports are done for …

Microsoft Exposes Scope of Botnet Threat

compliancesoftware — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:05:34 +0000

Microsoft this week unveiled the ninth volume of its Security Intelligence Report (SIR). The semi-annual assessment of the state of computer and Internet security and overview of the threat landscape generally yields some valuable information via Microsoft Exposes Scope of …

Discover to get $5M from Heartland for ’08 data breach

compliancesoftware — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:40:38 +0000

Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay $5 million to Discover to settle claims arising from the massive data breach disclosed by the payment processor last year. In a brief statement on Wednesday, the Princeton, N.J.-based Heartland said the settlement …

Nigerian advance-fee scammer gets 12 years

compliancesoftware — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:38:58 +0000

A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sending out fraudulent e-mails offering victims big bucks in exchange for moving cash to the United States. Okpako Mike Diamreyan, 31, was sentenced to 151 months of prison …

Hard Drives in Copy or Fax Machines are a HIPAA Risk | Supply Chain

compliancesoftware — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:43:55 +0000

While everyone is worried about stolen laptops or unauthorized access to computer files, who ever thought the hard drive in copying and fax machines could be a potential HIPAA violation? Copy machines, fax machines and scanners now contain hard drives …