Data Governance, Data Security, Healthcare HHS Releases New Guidance to Support Interoperability Initiative ‘Make Health IT Great Again’ Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 13, 2025 Image: Getty Images Millions of patients across the United States may be unaware of their rights under HIPAA regarding access to medical records. As…
Cybercrime, Data Breach Notification, Data Security Hacking Incident at Clinical Diagnostics Lab Represents Shifting Landscape of Cyber Threats in the Netherlands Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 12, 2025 Image: Getty Images A significant data breach has occurred at a Dutch clinical diagnostics laboratory, impacting 485,000 participants in a cervical…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks, Data Breach Notification, Data Security Also: US Cyber Grants Are Declining; Hybrid Threats Renew Focus on Operational Technology Resilience Anna Delaney (@annamadeline) • August 8, 2025 Clockwise, from top left: Anna Delaney, Mathew Schwartz, Chris Riotta, and Tony Morbin In a recent discussion, four editors from…
Data Breach Notification, Data Security, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Interlock Claims to Possess 1.5TB of DaVita’s Data Amid Rising Costs Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 6, 2025 Image: DaVita Inc. DaVita Inc., a leading provider in kidney dialysis services globally, recently reported to regulators that a cyberattack occurring in…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Data Security, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Allegations of Improper Data Collection Aren’t New for Perplexity Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • August 5, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Perplexity, an artificial intelligence firm, is embroiled in allegations of circumventing established internet protocols for data acquisition. Cloudflare has accused…
3rd Party Risk Management, Data Breach Notification, Data Security More Than 410,000 Patients Reported Affected, Likely More to Come Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • July 29, 2025 Image: Oracle Following revelations of a hacking incident earlier this year that compromised legacy patient data from Cerner electronic health record (EHR) servers,…
Data Security, Fraud Management & Cybercrime, Social Engineering Attackers Compromised US Customer Data Through Social Engineering Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks), David Perera (@daveperera) • July 28, 2025 Image: Shutterstock On July 16, a breach targeting the customer relationship management (CRM) platform utilized by Allianz Life Insurance of North America resulted in…
Data Privacy, Data Security, Encryption & Key Management U.K. Government Signals Shift on Apple Encryption Requirement Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • July 23, 2025 Apple’s logo displayed above its Regent Street store in London. (Image: Yau Ming Low/Shutterstock) The United Kingdom government appears poised to retract its demand that Apple provide…
Cloud Security Risks for Financial Institutions: Insights from Protegrity Webinar In an era marked by rapid digital transformation, financial institutions are increasingly transitioning to the AWS Cloud. This shift comes with heightened challenges for leaders in risk management, compliance, data governance, and cybersecurity. They face immense pressure to safeguard sensitive…
