A new bipartisan Senate bill would require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to biennially conduct cybersecurity reviews and tests on its IT systems and report to Congress on how it is updating its cybersecurity strategy to keep up with evolving cyberthreats.
Synthetic IDs remain a problem not because of a lack of data but because of failure to identify the right data and establish correlations, said Steve Lenderman, co-chair of the Industry Working Groups for the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators.
A federal government IT modernization funding program is looking to invest in projects that will help hasten the implementation of artificial intelligence to improve efficiencies and service delivery among government agencies. It will favor proposals with budgets under $6 million.
The Department of Health and Human Services has finalized regulations to better align federal requirements for the confidentiality of substance use disorder records with privacy protections afforded under HIPAA. The aim is to improve care coordination while enhancing sensitive data protections.
With over 1 billion people across more than 50 countries - including the U.S., the U.K. and India - due to hold elections this year, one open question remains: How can nations combat adversaries who attempt to influence elections or otherwise interfere via physical, cyber or operational means?
National Cyber Director Harry Coker said the administration is introducing a new set of "liability regimes" to hold software providers accountable for deploying unsafe systems, but experts say processes to prove that manufacturers are invested in security already exist.
U.S. federal authorities are again warning the healthcare sector about threats from the Akira ransomware group. The latest alert comes on the heels of several recent attacks by the gang, including one last month on Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which affected an IT system used by emergency responders.
Entrust, a pioneer payment, identity and data security software and services provider, is in talks to acquire Onfido, a pioneer in cloud-based, AI-powered identity verification technology, for a reported $400 million. The combined solution will help customers fight identity fraud.
The Biden administration's strategy for bolstering health sector cybersecurity, which includes newly released voluntary cyber performance goals and plans to update the HIPAA Security Rule, is fueling uncertainty in some organizations, said privacy attorney Iliana Peters of law firm Polsinelli.
HHS has fined a New York City medical center $4.75 million to settle potential HIPAA violations discovered during an investigation into a hospital insider who sold patient data to identity thieves in 2013. The hospital said it has beefed up its security and privacy since the incident occurred.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a public-private sector collaborative in 2021 to help unify cyber defenses between government and industry, but experts testified Tuesday that the program is suffering from "growing pains" that are hindering its success.
The novel variant of the banking Trojan Mispadu is targeting Latin American countries, especially Mexico, by exploiting a flaw in Windows SmartScreen. In this latest distribution method, the attackers send spam emails that deliver deceptive URL files that circumvent the SmartScreen banner warning.
A federal judge has denied Kochava's latest attempt to ditch a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging the firm is invading consumers' privacy and exposing them to risk by collecting and selling their location data to third parties. The FTC is also pursuing other cases against data brokers.
The United States ramped up pressure on the commercial surveillance industry shortly before the United Kingdom and France convened a two-day meeting dubbed the Pall Mall Process intended to culminate in an international agreement limiting the proliferation of advanced spyware.
In times of conflict, such as the Israel-Hamas war, intelligence becomes even more important than it is in peacetime. Red Curry, chief marketing officer at Tautuk, and his brother, Sam Curry, CISO at Zscaler, discuss the need for a combined intelligence strategy and better resilience in wartime.
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