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Lax mobile device security policies worry health IT managers
Inadequate security policies for mobile devices are a major concern of IT professionals, according to a CDW " straw poll " of IT managers in healthcare, financial services, higher education, and other
Tennessee Blues spent $6M to encrypt data
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee spent $6 million to encrypt all of its stored data in response to a 2009 hard drive theft that contained personal information of about 1 million customers, reports
8 strategies for tightening mobile security at hospitals
More than 5 percent of all Apple and Android smartphones will be infected with some type of malware in the next year, security firm Trusteer predicts, according to a report in the UK-based Telegraph.
WellPoint fined $100K for failing to report data breach
WellPoint ( NYSE: WLP ) will pay a $100,000 fine because it waited months before notifying Indiana officials of a security breach that may have exposed personal information of 32,000 members. It also
Doctor disciplined for revealing patient info on Facebook
A Rhode Island physician lost her hospital privileges and was fined $500 this week for inadvertently identifying a patient on Facebook, serving as a potent reminder that social media should be
Health Net loses data on 2M policyholders
Health Net ( NYSE: HNT ) is under investigation after it lost nine computer drives containing Social Security numbers and other personal information on almost 2 million current or former members.
Health Net pays $55K fine for data breach involving 1.5M people
Health Net will pay $55,000 to settle a complaint that it didn't inform customers in Vermont that their personal information was lost along with an unencrypted computer hard drive. The
Health Net fined $375K for information security lapse
The Connecticut Insurance Department has fined Health Net $375,000 for failures to safeguard the personal information of its members from misuse by third parties. The data breach concerned the loss
Pennsylvania Medicaid plans defend practices in wake of data breach
The two affiliated Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plans that recently reported the loss of a hard drive containing records of more than 285,000 enrollees say they have been working to encrypt all
Lost hard drive puts data on 280,000 Medicaid enrollees at risk
The names, addresses and some health information of 280,000 Medicaid enrollees in Pennsylvania could be at risk after two affiliated managed care organizations reported the loss of a hard drive from
