The need for PCI-DSS compliance is being embraced in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with adoption of PCI standards increasing dramatically over the last five years, says Dharshan Shanthamurthy, CEO of SISA Information Security, who shares insights about why PCI adoption is likely to continue to grow.
A government watchdog warned four federal agencies that they must be more diligent in implementing their cybersecurity programs. Otherwise, some of the government's most sensitive information is at risk of being disclosed to unauthorized individuals.
Organizations chosen for remote "desk audits" of their HIPAA compliance, which will begin this summer, need to be prepared to quickly provide supporting documentation, Deven McGraw, deputy director of health information privacy at the HHS Office for Civil Rights, explains this in-depth audio interview.
HHS says it has launched "phase two" of its HIPAA compliance audit program, portraying this as another interim step toward a permanent program. But will Congress ever approve enough funding to ramp up audits?
Security experts say the conclusions of an inspector general's report on how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission contracts the administration of security operation centers also applies to other government agencies and private businesses.
With the heightening of the threat of cyber-attacks to America's critical infrastructure, a congressional watchdog says federal agencies need to adopt better metrics to determine the risks specific to the industries they monitor.
Gregory Wilshusen discusses the path he followed to his job as the government's lead information security auditor and the skills needed to be an InfoSec auditor.
To prepare for next year's resumption of HIPAA compliance audits, organizations must be ready to demonstrate how they're complying with the revised breach notification rule and how they're providing patients with electronic access to records, says attorney David Holtzman.
In her first interview since joining the HHS Office for Civil Rights as deputy director of health information privacy, Deven McGraw describes plans to relaunch HIPAA compliance audits next year and outlines other priorities.
An inspector general's memo that highlights three significant information security deficiencies that have plagued the U.S. Department of Labor for the past five years points out problems that most federal agencies confront.
When security succeeds, it is often unnoticed. That success might also make security investments hard to sustain, given its low profile in organizations. Gartner's Tom Scholtz discusses articulating security's business value.
Patching is among the primary challenges facing enterprises in their adoption of IoT devices. Fortinet's Darren Turnbull shares insight on how to anticipate and respond to the top security obstacles.
Do CISOs need mentoring? Daniel Lohrmann shares insights on the importance of mentoring CISOs to enable them to spot growth opportunities and also to build up their interpersonal skills.
A Government Accountability Office audit shows that Internal Revenue Service financial and taxpayer data remain unnecessarily vulnerable to inappropriate and undetected use, modification and disclosure.
Federal regulators issued a report about weaknesses found in an audit of Premera Blue Cross' systems about a month before an attack by hackers against the health insurer apparently started. Could those weaknesses have opened the door to an attack?
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