Tab on Federal Employee Data Breach: $21 Million and counting…

The numbers on the Chinese data hack at the IRS:

  • $20.7 M private contract to notify those who had information hacked
  • 3.2 million notifications will be sent by e-mail and snail mail
  • Hacking victims will receive: “…$1 million identity theft insurance policy in case their identity is stolen, 18 months of credit monitoring and other security protections as part of the contract.”
  • 4 million current and former federal employees affected

Washington Post

Police Body Cameras and Data Security, Data Retention Policies

TexasLegislature passed body cameras for law enforcement officers, SB 158 by West. It’ll create a lot of data.

“Seattle Police Department alone produced over 360 terabytes of data from dashboard cameras.” its a lot of data, that must be stored securely, whcih can be costly. 

Recently updated FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) policies offer guidance on safe data storage. 

Federal Times

 

Telehealth Requires a National Health Care ID. Texas Medical Board at the Root?

last week a district court blocked a Texas Medical Board rule that required a face to face video conference or an in person meeting prior to telemedicine. It was a win for telehealth. 

“Officials of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) have sent a letter to two U.S. Representatives – Fred Upton (R-Michigan) and Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) – expressing their concern about the need for better patient identification. ”  

They point to:

  • “As data exchange increases among providers, patient data matching errors and mismatches will become exponentially more dangerous and costly.” 
  •  Congress should lift prohibitions against a national patient ID.
  • Increased interoperability comes increased “threats to data integrity.” 

GlobalMD

Imposing Banking Data Security Requirements on Small Business. Overregulation?

Small businesses are not pleased with a data security proposal by House Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer(R-Texas) and fellow Financial Services Committee member Rep. John Carney (D-Del.).

National Retailers Federation response: “Congress should take concrete steps to make sure the credit card cartel finally does the right thing and makes its cards secure.”

The Hill