Welcome to the Future!
An Office of Inspector General, Security Concerns, and health care contractors– Sound like a familiar mix?
Which health care contractors is the HHS OIG looking into? Medicare administrative contractors
What is the data security concern that is raised? the number of health care data gaps is INCREASING
Healthcare Dive | OIG report: More data security gaps at Medicare administrative contractors
Let’s peak into the Electronic Payments Coalition:
Electronic Payments Coalition- who are they?
What’s the point of the EPC?
What’s the EPC saying about the federal Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205)?
What 4 Ways does the Health & Human Services Data Protection Act protect health care data?
Health IT Security | Healthcare Cybersecurity Bill Introduced…
What is the question answered by Attorney General Opinion KP-0076? Whether Bowie County can engage a private company to use a license plate reader data looking for vehicles that don’t have liability insurance?
Is there a fee splitting arangement in this scenario? Yes, the vehcile owner will get a letter from the District Attorney office, and fees will be split 50-50 between the County and the company.
Can this fee splitting arrangement with automatic license plate readers…
Retailers and Financial Institutions are like the Hatfields & the McCoys when it comes to federal data security legislation.
Here’s what you need to know when this fight comes to your state legislature:
What group is calling for improved state data security systems? National Association of State Chief Information Officers
What sparked the call to arms? the cost of cyber crime world wide is $375 billion to $575 billion, which is labled a threat to democracy
What do the NASCIO propose states do? Create statewide cybersecurity ecosystem
What would a statewide cybersecurity ecosystem link?
state government
local government
federal government
higher…
WHO WAS CONVICTED: A woman in Pennsylvania reported her rape to the police
WHAT EVIDENCE LED TO CONVICTION: When police came to the scene, they collected as evidence the woman’s fitbit found laying in a hallway
WHY DID THE EVIDENCE INDICATE GUILT: The woman claimed she had gone to sleep and was later attacked, but the data downloaded from the Fitbit indicated the woman was walking about at the time and logged her heart rate
Wall Street Journal | Prosecutors Say Fitbit Device Exposed…
No. Nien. Nyett. Nej. A federal judge ruled that people caught in the data breach at Ashley Madison cannot remain anonymous.
Why did these plaintiffs want to be anonymous? Fear of the impact to the professional and personal lives.
Why did the court deny the request? Because the data breach is not equal to instances when a person can remain anonymous. Those instances are reserved for minors, rape, or other highly sensitive matters.
A poll commissioned by The App Association reveals a distrust of government on data security issues.
The informed intel:
The Hill | Poll: Voters trust tech companies ahead of FBI on data security
The Credit Union National Association proposed the following changes to credit card processing in Texas to improve data security: