The House has joined the Senate in approving legislation that would exempt certain businesses, including physician practices and apparently many hospitals, from the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule.
Innovations emerging from the partnership will extend beyond financial services to other critical infrastructures, federal Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt (pictured) and CTO Aneesh Chopra write in a blog.
Information security incidents are more sophisticated - and so are the criminals who perpetrate them. This raises the bar for professionals seeking careers in incident response in 2011.
"Where mobile payments are concerned, I don't want to say banks will be taken to the cleaners, but I think that's where their biggest threat is," says Avivah Litan of Gartner.
"Until they personally suffer pain, they don't think it is something that can happen to them," says Eric Cole, an insider threat expert and SANS Institute faculty fellow.
No one knows risk better than the internal auditor, and so no individual has a better opportunity to add risk management value to organizations, says Richard Chambers, president of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Community hospitals must become more vigilant about information security, especially as they apply for federal electronic health records incentive payments, says Chuck Christian, CIO at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind.
WikiLeaks leaks raise questions about internal at financial institutions, and the Fed Reserve of Atlanta talks mobile and the future of electronic payments.
How can you recognize the intent of your colleague and perhaps prevent him from manifesting as a true insider threat? Blogger Upasana Gupta provides the answer.
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