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AHIMA’s Commitment to Healthcare—Information Governance

AHIMA defines information governance (IG) as “an organization wide framework for managing information throughout its lifecycle and for supporting the organization’s strategy, operations, regulatory, legal, risk, and environmental requirements.”

Like other critical organizational assets—people, capital, inventory, etc.—information is a strategic asset that requires high level oversight in order to…

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Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact

Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact

By: Gary Horcher

Updated: May 24, 2018 – 9:51 PM

A Portland family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon’s Alexa — the voice-controlled smart speaker — and that the recorded audio was sent to the phone of a random person in Seattle, who was in the family’s contact list.

“My husband and I would joke and say I’d bet these devices…

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The Ultimate Guide to WordPress and GDPR Compliance – Everything You Need to Know

The Ultimate Guide to WordPress and GDPR Compliance – Everything You Need to Know

Last updated on May 22nd, 2018 by Editorial Staff

Are you confused by GDPR, and how it will impact your WordPress site? GDPR, short for General Data Protection Regulation, is a European Union law that you have likely heard about. We have received dozens of emails from users asking us to explain GDPR in plain English and share tips on how to make your WordPress site GDPR compliant. In this…

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Trade Shows Are Easy Targets for Foreign Intelligence Breaches

Trade Shows Are Easy Targets for Foreign Intelligence Breaches

By James Lint Faculty Member, School of Business, American Military University Senior Editor for In Cyber Defense and Contributor, In Homeland Security

Trade shows are like playing poker with your competition standing over your shoulder or like a library with no library cards. Everything is easily available and there is lots of free information. The question is: who benefits from all this…

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School district pays $10,000 bitcoin ransom after cyberattack

School district pays $10,000 bitcoin ransom after cyberattack

April 28, 2018, 4:53 PM

LEOMINSTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts school district was waiting Friday for its computer system to be “unlocked” after it paid a $10,000 bitcoin ransom to hackers following a cyberattack on its system. And despite the nefarious nature of the school system’s lockdown, there is no criminal investigation into the matter because solving this crime is “impossible,” said Interim…

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What Every Employee Should Know about Data Protection

What Every Employee Should Know about Data Protection

Posted on May 10, 2018 at 1:50 pm

As an employee, you’re essential to your company’s success. What are you doing to make sure sensitive information stays secure at work? Here’s what you should know about data protection.

Vigilance Never Stops

Threats are persistent and varied, which means you must keep your guard up. Criminals sift through rubbish bins, break into cars, and send phishing…

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Respiratory therapy supplier Lincare agrees to pay $875K to settle data breach lawsuit (and it didn't involve patient info)

Respiratory therapy supplier Lincare agrees to pay $875K to settle data breach lawsuit (and it didn’t involve patient info)

by Evan Sweeney |

May 16, 2018 12:14pm

The country’s largest provider of home respiratory supplies has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit from former employees whose information was exposed during a 2017 data breach.

The settlement (PDF) resolves a lawsuit filed last fall that claimed Lincare failed to implement “the most basic security safeguards” to prevent a breach. A…

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AIIM now stands for Association for Intelligent Information Management

AIIM now stands for Association for Intelligent Information Management

AIIM announced their name change from Association for Information and Image Management to Association for Intelligent Information Management at AIIM 2018.   Their logo appears to remain the same.

“Here at AIIM, we believe that information is our most important asset. And we’ve always felt this way – even way back in 1943 when this community was formed as the National Micrographics Association.

Su…

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Top 7 Jobs in IT Security [Infographic]

Top 7 Jobs in IT Security [Infographic]

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Call For Researchers: Blockchain Technology Impact on Records

Call For Researchers: Blockchain Technology Impact on Records

Blockchain technology, or distributed ledger technology, was originally developed as a public transaction ledger for a new peer-to-peer electronic cash system called bitcoin. But what started as the backbone for cryptocurrency now holds new potential as industries and governments examine ways to incorporate blockchain into smart contracts, government records and many other use cases. There are…

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Hacked by an 11-Year-Old

Hacked by an 11-Year-Old

The Wordfence team recently sponsored and attended WordCamp Atlanta. Instead of doing the usual boring corporate thing with our booth, we decided to host a capture the flag, or CTF contest. A CTF is essentially a hacking contest. It is a series of puzzles that the contestant needs to solve. They might include decrypting an encrypted piece of text, performing a challenge involving a browser and…

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Net neutrality will end on June 11 The Federal Communications Commission said the 2015 net-neutrality regulations will cease on June 11, Reuters reports. Despite opposition from tech companies, startups and consumer groups, the Republican-controlled FCC argued that the repeal will spur investment by telecoms.

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What happened with Twitter’s password vulnerability?

What happened with Twitter’s password vulnerability?

Kim Crawley Cybersecurity journalist at Cylance, AlienVault, Tripwire, Venafi May 3rd, 2018

Twitter announced that they discovered a vulnerability in how they store the passwords for all 330 million accounts, one of which is mine. It’s very likely that one of them is yours too, all Twitter accounts were affected.

Ironically, this glitch was discovered on World Password Day. Reality is stranger…

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European regulators: We're not ready for new privacy law

European regulators: We’re not ready for new privacy law

RANKFURT/BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the birth of the web.

There’s one problem: many of the regulators who will police it say they aren’t ready yet.

The pan-EU law comes into effect this month and will cover companies that collect large amounts of customer data including Facebook…

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i-SIGMA formed from PRISM/NAID combination.

i-SIGMA formed from PRISM/NAID combination.

Published May 9, 2018 by PRISM International

I am very pleased to announce that this morning, PRISM membership voted overwhelmingly to approve a formal combination of our association, PRISM International, with the National Association of information Destruction (NAID). As you know, this vote of PRISM membership was preceded by affirmative votes of the NAID membership, and both the PRISM and NAID…

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GDPR: What Offsite Storage Companies Need to Know Now

GDPR: What Offsite Storage Companies Need to Know Now

By Kelsey Treister, CSR Professional Services

Major Changes—and Fines—Will Be Coming in Mere Weeks. Are You Prepared?

Companies that use offsite storage have to handle the personal data (PD) of end users, customers, and employees. Now, it’s time to get familiar with a sweeping new regulation that will affect every aspect of how you handle that PD: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).…

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GDPR is upon us: Are you ready?

GDPR is upon us: Are you ready?

by Steve Durbin

With the continued focus on personal information and the privacy rights of individuals, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially goes into effect this month and it will certainly have an international reach, affecting any organization that handles the personal data of European Union (EU) residents, regardless of where it is processed. The GDPR adds another layer of…