-
A.R.M.S. Expands through Acquisition
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 No commentsA.R.M.S. (Automated Records Management Systems Inc.), based in De Pere, Wis., has announced the acquisition of the shredding division of K-tech Kleening Systems Inc. of Weston, Wis.
Follow this link:
A.R.M.S. Expands through Acquisition -
Private Information At Risk After Hospital Files Were Stolen
Posted on February 26th, 2011 No commentsOn December 23, 2010, a truck operated by GRM Information Management Systems, an information storage organization based in Manhattan, was broken into while unattended by its driver and parked on a street in Harlem. The truck contained electronic files of some 1.7 million patients, employees and vendors…
Read more:
Private Information At Risk After Hospital Files Were Stolen -
Visa Classifies Corporate Franchisors As Third-Party Agents
Posted on November 15th, 2010 No commentsLast week, Visa officially brought corporate franchisors into the world of Level 1 merchant service providers by requiring them to register as Third-Party Agents, with all that that implies. At one level, the increased visibility, attention to PCI compliance and stricter validation regime should reduce data breaches at unsecure franchise locations.
Read more here:
Visa Classifies Corporate Franchisors As Third-Party Agents -
Wal-Mart’s VPN-Launched Data Breach Raising Data Logging Questions
Posted on October 15th, 2009 No commentsBack in June 2005, right around the time that several major retailers (including TJX, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Boston Market and DSW) were being attacked by Albert Gonzalez’s cyber thief gang, Wal-Mart was quietly experiencing its own data breach. In Wal-Mart’s case, though, the breach began in June 2005 and wasn’t discovered by Wal-Mart until some 17 months later.These new details of Wal-Mart’s data breach—which saw POS source code grabbed and zapped to parties unknown in Eastern Europe—are shedding more light on the early days of these retail assaults and how various chains learned of them and then dealt with them.
Continued here:
Wal-Mart’s VPN-Launched Data Breach Raising Data Logging Questions -
nCircle, Hitrust launch new security scanning service
Posted on October 6th, 2009 No commentsA new healthcare auditing program is designed to help smaller physician practices ensure that their electronic healthcare records are safe and secure. Developed by San Francisco-based nCircle and the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), the HITRUST Security and Configuration Auditing Service is designed to scan a provider’s IT systems for known vulnerabilities, identifying the highest risks in the network, and provide guidance on how to bring the systems up to date.
Read the original post:
nCircle, Hitrust launch new security scanning service -
Lawsuits over Heartland data breach folded into one
Posted on October 6th, 2009 No commentsA lawsuit consolidating 16 separate class-action complaints brought by financial institutions against Heartland Payment Systems has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Continue reading here:
Lawsuits over Heartland data breach folded into one -
EPA Reaches Agreement with Recycler on Clean-Air Violations
Posted on October 6th, 2009 No commentsEPA Region 5 has reached an agreement with Metal Recycling Systems Inc.
See the article here:
EPA Reaches Agreement with Recycler on Clean-Air Violations -
Tube City Announces Two Promotions
Posted on October 6th, 2009 No commentsMetals firm promotes two people to VP positions.
Go here to read the rest:
Tube City Announces Two Promotions -
Florida health agency deploys new data security tool
Posted on September 18th, 2009 No commentsThe Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has launched a new tool for accessing information on privacy and security laws regarding electronic medical records and health information exchange. The Crosswalk Tool is the most recent addition to the agency’s Health Information Privacy and Security Resource Center on the Web at www.FHIN.net.
See the rest here:
Florida health agency deploys new data security tool -
Perot enters healthcare market in India
Posted on September 18th, 2009 No commentsPerot Systems has signed a 10-year, $18 million contract to provide IT outsourcing and electronic health records implementation for India-based Max Healthcare. The agreement marks the Plan, Texas-based company’s first full IT outsourcing project in the Indian healthcare industry as well as the company’s first India-based healthcare client.
Recent Comments