NIST's 7-Step Contingency Planning Process - GovInfoSecurity
WEBJun 8, 2010 · NIST on Monday issued revised guidance that defines a seven-step contingency planning process that federal agencies and other organizations in fields such as healthcare and banking can use to develop and maintain a viable interim recovery program for their information systems. The National Institute of Standards and Technology designed the ...
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WEBAnna Delaney • September 13, 2024. In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the fallout from the CrowdStrike global IT outage on endpoint security tools, Mastercard's monumental acquisition of Recorded Future to bolster its cybersecurity portfolio, and the latest efforts by U.S. officials to secure the 2024 election.
The Smart Approach to Command Cyber Readiness Inspections …
WEBTo verify that Department of Defense (DoD) agencies and related sites comply with the standards, the Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) has begun conducting Command Cyber Readiness Inspections (CCRI). This white paper provides: An overview of CCRI and its challenges; Ways to expedite CCRI using endpoint compliance automation;
Medical Group: 655,000 Affected by 'Network Outage' Breach
WEBSep 1, 2021 · Credit Eligible. Get Permission. After suffering a network systems outage that lasted at least a week in July, DuPage Medical Group, the largest multispecialty group practice in Illinois, is now reporting a data breach affecting more than 655,000 individuals. See Also: Enterprise Browser Supporting Healthcare, Cyber Resilience.
DOJ: Healthcare at Center of Biggest US Fraud Cases in 2021
WEBFeb 2, 2022 · In a statement released Tuesday, the Justice Department says that healthcare fraud was by far the leading source of the False Claims Act settlements and judgments it collected for fiscal 2021, which ended Sept. 30, 2021. More than $5 billion of the $5.6 billion collected in federal false claims and fraud cases involved healthcare industry ...
Hack of Medical Imaging Provider Affects Data of 2 Million
WEBJun 7, 2022 · Hack of Medical Imaging Provider Affects Data of 2 Million. A hacking incident involving data theft from a prominent provider of medical imaging services in Massachusetts has affected 2 million individuals, making it the largest health data breach reported to federal regulators so far this year. See Also: Alleviating Compliance Pain Points in ...
Government Information Security Training Webinars
WEBLive Webinar | Modernize Identity and Security to Adopt a Zero Trust Strategy. Mike Desillier - Okta, Sean Hanrahan - Okta • September 19, 2024 @ 1:00 PM (EDT) • Available OnDemand •. As people work from anywhere, on any device, and applications move from on-premises to the cloud, maintaining the user experience has never been more important.
Hacking Incidents Lead to 2 Big Eye Care Provider Breaches
WEBSep 21, 2021 · Several hacking incidents involving eye care providers also topped the HHS OCR health data breach tally in 2020. For instance, EyeMed Vision Care LLC in September 2020 reported to HHS OCR a hacking incident affecting nearly 1.5 million individuals. Also in 2020, a U.S. unit of Italian-based eyewear maker and eye care center conglomerate ...
PHI 'May Have Been Removed' in Vendor's Ransomware Attack
WEBArizona-based PracticeMax, in sample breach notification letters being sent this month to certain members of coordination of care health plan clients Humana, Anthem and DaVita Inc., says their protected health information may have been affected by a ransomware attack that began on April 12 and ended on May 5. PracticeMax says it regained access ...
Lawsuit: 'Negligence' Led to Memorial Health System Attack
WEBJan 27, 2022 · A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Ohio-based Memorial Health System in the wake of a ransomware attack last August that reportedly involved the Hive cybercriminal gang, resulting in a health data breach affecting nearly 216,500 individuals. See Also: Every Second Counts: 6-Step Ransomware Remediation Guide.