Why Medical Records Are Easy to Hack
If hacked credit and debit card account numbers are like gold in the cyber underground, then stolen healthcare records, containing patient information, are like diamonds. Private details such as Social...
View ArticleUnstructured Data: New Cyber Worry
Companies are generating mountains of unstructured data and, in doing so, unwittingly adding to their security exposure. Unstructured data is any piece of information that doesn’t get stored in a...
View ArticleRising Risks of Medicare Audits
Texas physician Dennis B. Barson Jr. and his medical clinic administrator are headed to prison. The 10-year prison sentence imposed against Barson, like an $8 million-plus healthcare fraud civil...
View ArticleThe Biggest Medicare Fraud Cases of 2015
Medicare does not keep records of how much it loses annually because of fraud, but the FBI, which oversees the investigation and prosecution of those alleged to have participated in fraud, estimates...
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Has an International Cyber War Begun?
Cyber attacks were once on the periphery of American business consciousness. That mindset changed over the past two years. A series of devastating events, including the 2014 cyber attack against Sony,...
View ArticleApple v. FBI: Inevitable Conflicts on Tech
The battle between the FBI and Apple over the unlocking of a terrorist’s iPhone will likely require Congress to create legislation. That’s because there really aren’t any existing laws that encompass...
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IRS Is Stepping Up Anti-Fraud Measures
The Internal Revenue Service is taking as long as 21 days to review tax returns, according to research from fraud prevention vendor iovation, a clear sign that Uncle Sam has stepped up anti-fraud...
View ArticleHacking the Human: Social Engineering
Virtually every business relies on a network to conduct its daily operations. This often involves the collection, storage, transfer and eventual disposal of sensitive data. Securing that data continues...
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Why Small Firms Need Cyber Coverage by Harris Tsangaris
There’s barely a week that goes by without some sort of cyber security incident — a system hack, a data breach, putting thousands if not millions of people’s personal information at risk. Although big...
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New Idea for Active Shooter Incidents by Jeffrey Ellis
Active shooter events in the U.S., unfortunately, are becoming more frequent — so much so that the Wall Street Journal reported this week that school districts are stepping up purchases of insurance...
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