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Community Health Breach Highlights Healthcare Security Vulnerabilities

Healthcare's latest data breach, affecting 4.5 million patients, offers the industry a sobering reminder that is simply isn't doing enough to protect patient data from known security threats.

25 Aug 2014 4 mins
Data Breach HIPAA Healthcare Industry
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The Internet of Things Brings Legal Gotchas to CIOs

CIOs must think through privacy, compliance and other legal issues before unleashing armies of sensors

21 Aug 2014 3 mins
CIO Consumer Electronics Legal
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3 Mistaken Assumptions About What Big Data Can Do For You

Many executives and organizations see big data as a panacea, but data and analytics can't address every problem you face. These three scenarios in particular illustrate common misconceptions about what big data can do.

19 Aug 2014 7 mins
Big Data Data Mining Data and Information Security
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BYOD Twists and Turns Keep CIOs Off-Balance

Is BYOD coming to a crossroads? Workers donu2019t want to be tied to a cubicle and demand the freedom that comes with mobility. However, BYOD has come under fire due to privacy concerns, security measures that ruin the user experience, hidden costs a

19 Aug 2014 6 mins
Mobile Apps Mobile Device Management Mobile Security
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Teaching Leadership to Healthcare CISOs Aim of New Certification

Empower your teams to prioritise the most severe vulnerabilities with a risk-based approach.

22 Jun 2023 3 mins
Security Software
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Teaching Leadership to Healthcare CISOs Aim of New Certification

Through a joint effort of the Health Information Trust Alliance and Southern Methodist University, healthcare IT security professionals can add leadership and management skills to their technical know-how.

18 Aug 2014 4 mins
Data and Information Security HIPAA Healthcare Industry
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Department of Transportation CIO Leading a Turnaround Mission

A little more than a year into the job, the Transportation Department's IT chief has been leading an effort to bring together agency CIOs, move ahead with shared services and improve cybersecurity.

15 Aug 2014 5 mins
CIO Government Technology Industry
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Fitness Trackers are Changing Online Privacy — and It’s Time to Pay Attention

Wearable devices such as fitness trackers are all the rage. In the rush to get them to market, though, manufacturers haven't always paid attention to security and privacy u2014 and in the rush to get moving, neither have consumers.

14 Aug 2014 11 mins
Healthcare Industry Privacy Small and Medium Business
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How to Read (and Actually Understand) a Wearable Tech Privacy Policy

Three privacy experts share tips on how to read a wearable-tech privacy policy, and they highlight a set of red flags consumers should look out for.

14 Aug 2014 6 mins
Privacy Small and Medium Business Wearables
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Shootout at the TCO Corral

A recent dust up in which VMware accused Amazon's AWS model of "biases and inaccuracies" is par for the course. The more important underlying question: "How do IT buyers protect themselves from making faulty decisions based on the

13 Aug 2014 4 mins
IT Governance Risk Management
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5 Uses for the Surveillance Robot of Tomorrow

A Silicon Valley startup is building a surveillance robot that it hopes will help security and law enforcement personnel detect trouble while remaining out of harm's way. Here's a closer look at five ways advanced robots can monitor commerc

13 Aug 2014 6 mins
Physical Security Predictive Analytics Startups