The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking comments on how it can improve its security risk assessment tool, which is designed to help smaller organizations conduct assessments as required ...

Once a hacker has gained access to your network, they can steal, modify, delete, or distort your data, or take control of them in ways you couldn't imagine. Remember that due to frequently limited ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a free, downloadable tipsheet to help hospitals in stage 1 or stage 2 of its electronic health record incentive programs conduct a security ...

Regardless of their political beliefs, Americans want to prevent another terrorist attack from occur­ring in the United States. In the face of increasingly diffuse threats and adversaries ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the healthcare industry continues to be targeted by cyber attacks, Clearwater has released new, breakthrough technology that provides hospitals and health systems ...

We've been reactive toward security risks for years, waiting for an incident to occur before responding. But what if I told you that a proactive approach, identifying and mitigating security risks ...

Locking down a network is a balancing act among security, user functionality, and speed. In order to justify a reduction in operational ability — such as turning off ActiveX — you must identify ...

[Excerpted from "How to Conduct an Effective IT Security Risk Assessment," a new report posted this week on Dark Reading's Risk Management Tech Center.] Many security and compliance projects begin ...

Now that the U.S. is in an ongoing war on terrorism, security is taking a central role in almost every building type. But how do you determine what needs securing and at what costs? "People feel they ...

It's difficult for risk managers to help decision-makers after a risky choice has been made. Unfortunately for many organizations, that's how traditional risk management programs work — and by the ...