Federal regulators are continuing their crusade for healthcare firms to provide patients and their representatives with timely access to medical records when requested. HHS OCR recently hit two nursing home operators with fines in separate incidents involving HIPAA "right of access" disputes.
A Department of Health and Human Services division that administers funding, training and other services to children and families is putting sensitive data at high risk because of gaps in cloud security controls and practices, according to a watchdog agency report.
A federal judge has ruled to certify a "contract class" of more than 1 million CareFirst customers in a class action lawsuit claiming that the health insurer breached its contractual obligations to safeguard their data, which was accessed by hackers in a 2014 cyberattack.
How are U.S. telecommunications firms combating illicit location tracking being used by bad actors at home and abroad against their subscribers? That's the focus of a new call for comment from the Federal Communications Commission, which wants to know whether or not existing defenses are working.
Credit risk is a persistent challenge for financial institutions, particularly in business lending. Ivan Perić, head of global artificial intelligence R&D at Synechron, discussed how AI can assess credit risk, ensure regulatory compliance and mitigate operational risks.
The federal government aims to streamline its information security and supply chain security procurement policies as part of an effort to better safeguard federal systems. It published a rule establishing a new section in the Federal Acquisition Regulation to consolidate cybersecurity requirements.
Healthcare entities can easily achieve many of the cyber performance goals set by regulators if they deploy technology solutions that provide robust security by default and create an organizational culture in which security-mindedness is ingrained, said Taylor Lehmann of Google Cloud.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's updated Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 can help healthcare organizations better formalize their governance functions to enhance their cybersecurity posture and resilience, said Robert Booker, chief strategy officer at HITRUST.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's assistant secretary for cyber, infrastructure, risk and resilience is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting political campaigns ahead of the 2024 elections, warning that campaigns could be left vulnerable if they fail to practice basic cyber hygiene.
The U.S. Federal Elections Commission is determining whether its existing statutory authorities allow it to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in campaign advertisements after receiving thousands of comments from the public about the use of AI in political ads.
UnitedHealth Group has admitted data was "taken" in the cyberattack on Change Healthcare and has just started analyzing the types of personal, financial and health information potentially compromised. The U.S. is offering a $10 million bounty for BlackCat, which claims to have launched the attack.
AI presents enormous opportunities for reducing inequalities and promoting inclusivity in developing regions, but its deployment must be guided by ethical practices and a conscious effort to integrate diversity and inclusion at every stage. We must leverage AI responsibly.
The Change Healthcare attack - the most disruptive cyber incident to ever hit the U.S. healthcare ecosystem - spotlights the risks that come from relying on a handful of major suppliers, said leaders of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency posted to the Federal Register its proposed rule-making aimed at implementing a 72-hour reporting requirement for covered critical infrastructure entities as required under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022.
The widespread advent of artificial intelligence is opening a fraud detection capability gap between large and small financial institutions, the U.S. Department of the Treasury warns, suggesting that it may use its own historical data to narrow the divide.
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