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Putting too much trust in technical controls could be a big mistake in a provider organization's security strategy… encryption and access management go a long way toward securing patient data, employee training remains "absolutely indispensable, absolutely top of the priority list"..

Cyberattack occurred in September 2014, patients just notified ...four-hospital UCLA Health System on Friday notified a staggering 4.5 million of its patients that their protected health information and Social Security numbers were compromised following one of the largest HIPAA breaches ever reported.

Health records appear to be a big factor in why proposed data breach notification legislation has stalled,…The bill,…would set a national standard governing how companies must respond when hackers steal customer data….has been an outcry over its provisions to preempt stricter state-level data breach laws.

CVS Health...shut down access to its online and related mobile photo services as the company investigates a potential data breach..."We have been made aware that customer credit card information collected by the independent vendor who manages and hosts CVSPhoto.com may have been compromised,"...

Two hackers recently proved....they could wirelessly hack into a Jeep...and remotely take control of them. Scarier still? Hackers have demonstrated that they can tamper with medical devices that can mean life or death for patients…. our medical devices are one of the most insecure areas in healthcare today...