Grid computing and security uncertainties
Last week, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced the debut of its Sun Grid Compute Utility, available at www.network.com. The world"s first grid available for public, commercial use, Sun Grid was created to serve customers big and small needing inexpensive, simp...
U.S. Arrests 7 on Charges of Credit Data Trading
The Secret Service yesterday announced seven arrests in five states and the District of Columbia as part of a continuing crackdown on online forums where credit card data and other stolen consumer information is routinely traded. A total of 21 people...
HIPAA doesn"t protect all health information, Ohio court rules
In what could be a landmark ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court has decided that the state"s open records law supersedes the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act"s privacy protections for medical records. The decision may be the first in...
Your data for sale? (Partners Healthcare of Boston)
Partners Healthcare, the giant of the Boston medical world, is studying a plan with other big academic hospitals elsewhere to sell aggregated patient data to the government, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, insurers, and publishers. ""As the adage goe...
Mobile workforce raises risk of data loss
The risk of identity theft is rising as the workforce becomes more mobile and people tote around sensitive personal data on computer equipment, observers say. The latest example came to light Wednesday, when 196,000 current and former Hewlett-Packard empl...
VSC laptop theft creates security concerns (Vermont State Colleges)
MONTPELIER — Thousands of Vermont State Colleges students, faculty and staff learned this week that a VSC laptop computer stolen from a car parked in Montreal on Feb. 28 could have given thieves access to their personal financial information, incl...
Offshoring cited in Florida data leak
Florida state workers warned that their personal data could be vulnerable as state"s HR system was improperly handed over to a company in India. By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service, 03/24/06 Florida state employees are being warned that their persona...