The latest HIPAA news and analysis from Network World.
California privacy laws heighten need for HIPAA compliance
Oct. 07, 2008
Healthcare organizations that operate in California have two more good reasons to be sure that they comply with the data security and privacy requirements of the federal HIPAA law.
F5 adds support for iPhones over its SSL VPN tunnels
Oct. 07, 2008
F5 Networks has issued a new version of its FirePass software so it can apply group access policies to mobile devices as the log-in to SSL VPNs.
Protecting patient records
Jul. 28, 2008
I'm in healthcare and am concerned about the breaches of healthcare information that seem to have been in the news all year long. Any suggestions on how I can make sure my organization doesn't end up in the headlines ...
How we tested 6 compliance products
Jun. 12, 2006
Here's how we conducted the Clear Choice Test of six compliance products.
Review: NetIQ suite tops test of security compliance wares
Jun. 12, 2006
The good news is that strong options abound in this class of products, with five of the six tested earning an overall rating of at least four out of five possible points. NetIQ's Vulnerability Manager came out on top as ...
Bring me a password. Now bring me another and another .- Network World
May. 19, 2008
Chew on this statistic: Worldwide spending on identity and access management reached almost $3 billion in 2006, according to a 2007 IDC study of the authentication technology market. That's $3 billion to bridge the ...
Hospitals often fail to notify patients of data breaches
Apr. 11, 2008
Hospitals often keep patients in the dark about data breaches exposing their medical records, because of regulatory loopholes.
Google to manage health records for Cleveland Clinic
Feb. 21, 2008
Google will test a new online medical record service with a hospital group in Cleveland allowing patients to control who gets to see their health information. The two organizations hope the trial will lead to the ...
Control collaboration — don’t inhibit
Jan. 10, 2008
Web 2.0-inspired communities and social-networking tools are migrating into the enterprise and bringing with them risks that many organizations are unprepared to address. The challenge is to balance the business value ...
Financial Crisis & Transparency Good For Network Security | NetworkWorld.com Community
Sep. 29, 2008
As much as I wish we'd never gotten into this US financial and credit mess, there actually may be a few bright sides to the whole debacle, and one of those could be network security. One likely outcome of the ...
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