Posts Tagged ‘ privacy ’

Advances in Cyber Insurance Risk Management Services Help Protect Against Data Loss – But More Can Be Done

Tweet Written by: Rick Betterley, President, Betterley Risk Consultants Insurance against data loss has developed rapidly to protect organizations from the economic consequences of a data breach. Insurance companies have broadened their coverage to include not only the cost of notifying and monitoring affected persons, but also costs such as crisis response, legal guidance, and [...][ READ MORE ]

Reborn CISPA cyber security bill experiences déjà vu

Tweet Backed by the momentum created by the signing of President Obama’s Executive Order earlier this year regarding the U.S. national cyber security policies, the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was reintroduced to the House by its authors Reps. Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersberger, heads of the House Intelligence Committee. CISPA focuses on [...][ READ MORE ]

Cyber Insurance Adds to Cyber Security

Tweet The purpose of any type of insurance is to protect your most valuable assets so in order to combat the prevalence of cyber attacks and data breaches, an increasing number of businesses in the health-care, financial services and technology industries have purchased cyber insurance policies to protect themselves from the crippling cost of a [...][ READ MORE ]

Get up to speed on cyber insurance and breach response at the NetDiligence Forum in Philly

Tweet How does cyber insurance factor into data breach response? Get the answer – and many more insights – at the NetDiligence® 2013 Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum on June 6-7 in Philadelphia. We’ll see you there! During the forum, be sure to visit Experian® to see everything we can do for you during [...][ READ MORE ]

IAPP Panel Discusses BYOD and the “Technology Divorce”

Tweet As mobile technology continues to dominate the workplace, look for more organizations to adopt “bring your own device” programs to stay competitive.  If your organization falls into this category, how will you protect your data? And just as importantly, how will you control your employees’ activities on their devices? This was the subject of [...][ READ MORE ]

Controversial Cyber Security Bill Passes The House

Tweet Despite President Obama’s January signing of an Executive Order (EO) which outlines national cyber security policies in protecting U.S. companies and government agencies against cyber threats, the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was passed in a 288-127 House vote sending it now to the Senate.¹ CISPA supporters say the act will [...][ READ MORE ]

Cyber security: a key topic at 2013 HCCA Conference

Tweet The 17th annual Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Compliance Institute Conference took place in National Harbor, MD and was attended by healthcare personnel and data protection and security professionals.  Key topics covered in various panels related to cyber security issues including medical identity theft, data breaches and patient health information (PHI) protection as dictated [...][ READ MORE ]

Final ruling for HIPAA/HITECH Act protects patients from data breaches

Tweet By now you are aware that the much anticipated final ruling from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding regulations implementing the security, privacy, and data breach notification provisions of the HITECH Act were released on January 17, 2013.  The HHS’s hope in issuing this final rule is to strengthen the data [...][ READ MORE ]

What do you need to know about the FTC’s report on privacy

Tweet Our guest blogger this week is Kristen Mathews of Proskauer Rose LLP. Hear more from the head of the Privacy & Data Security Group and a member of the Technology, Media & Communications Group at Proskauer Rose LLP, Kristen Mathews, during our next webinar, How Policy Will Shape Data Privacy in 2011, coming up [...][ READ MORE ]