First ever HHS HIPAA audit questions detailed
Auditors inspect hospital’s policies and procedures on 42 IT security topics
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VA puts aside $20 MM to cover latest data breach
Missing hard drive holds information on nearly every US doctor
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Supreme Court upholds strict standard of proof for corporate fraud
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act upheld, "cogent and compelling" burden of proof stands
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French ban BlackBerries
National security concerns cite fear of data interception
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Mpack exploit causing massive Web site infections
Victims in Europe and the US infected with a keylogger on their machines
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RegulationWatch
Wall Street regulators offer new electronic message guidelines
Electronic messages that cannot be monitored should be blocked
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White House circumvented e-mail preservation law
Staffers defied the law by using Republican National Committee e-mail
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Federal agencies skating on FISMA
Complying with FISMA does not equate to better security, according to GAO
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SEC seeks additional comment on upcoming AS5
Clarifying "materiality" and "material weakness" is a priority
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New Research
IT professionals confess they are unequipped to handle a data breach
Many divulge they can neither detect a breach nor notify victims
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Use of real data to test payment card systems risks privacy and security
No valid test data exists, forcing merchants to use real customer data
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IT headaches are a major time sink for business managers
Business managers spend more than 10 percent of their time on IT-related crises
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Phishing up while spam stays static
Study reveals a 784 percent rise in phishing Web sites in first quarter of 2007
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ProsecutionWATCH
AOL phisher nets six years of prison
First person convicted under CAN-SPAM Act gets six year jail sentence
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Former Enron Broadband CEO gets two years of prison
Enron internet chief faces 27 months in jail and $15MM fine
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Four banks charged in Parmalat collapse
Citigroup, UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG, and Morgan Stanley face market-rigging charges
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Los Alamos National Laboratory accused of security breach
Los Alamos contractor sent nuclear secrets by unencrypted e-mail
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