What is the gold standard in data security in the healthcare industry? For now, the oldest is HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Despite its American roots, HIPAA is showing influence in Asia because the many of technology solutions are from the US.
Attacking systems for sensitive information for the purpose of espionage or monetization is certainly not new. The new trend that we continue to observe involves the vehicles that are used for these attacks.
Confidential data is being siphoned off so discreetly that the organization has no clue about the attack until the damage is done. Less than optimal security provides a bountiful harvest of the lowest hanging fruits for drivers of the dark side. Forrester says a taskforce needs to view database security as a key integrative component of the larger IT policy.
The concept of protecting data-at-rest vs. data-in-motion comes into play, forcing public organizations to examine various security mechanisms to secure their data while it’s stored or circulated in the cloud and when it’s brought back to the network proper.
Derek Manky, threatscape guru from Fortinet discusses technical considerations around wireless security landscaping for governments. Manky also provided insights on how the public and private sectors can close the existing gap, if any. In addition to best practice, he also shared about wireless security predictions in the space.
Cyber security is a growing concern both in the private and public sectors. Because it knows no borders, governments play an important role in developing policies and practices that are collaborative in nature to allow organizations to effectively enforce cyber security checks and balances. Derek Manky, research director at Fortinet discusses some of the prevailing cyber security issues faced by governments worldwide today.
A recently published Booz Allen Hamilton report card on the state of IT security within the US government describes public departments as woefully under-resourced and overly reliant on external experts. The report comes on the heels of publicly embarrassing hacks against a number of US government department websites, including the New York Police Department.
