security standards and accountability
PCI DSS and HIPAA: The Security Standards Share Common Ground
White Paper Federal legislation with security requirements include HIPAA (the Hospital Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) of 1996 Title II, the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, ground in the merchant services field. [16 Apr 2008]
Achieving HIPAA Security Standards Compliance by Implementing an ISO/IEC 27000 Series Information Security Management System
White Paper This paper has been prepared to provide those organizations having an interest in compliance with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA - 1996, revised 2003) Security Standards, especially those in the business of... [11 Apr 2008]
HIPAA and AccessMaster: a Software Tool for Healthcare Security
White Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act went into effect in February 2000. These standards and requirements include a comprehensive, mandated framework for security and privacy. It also sets the standards and requirements for... [10 Apr 2008]
HIPAA: the Critical Role of Strong Authentication
White Paper On August 21 , 1996 the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Prior to this, only voluntary standards were in place, which prevented the industry from moving to a single, efficient transaction environment. [10 Apr 2008]
Google proposes global privacy standard
News The nine principles of the framework are: preventing harm; integrity of personal information; notice; security safeguards; collection limitations; access and correction; uses of personal information; accountability; and choice. [14 Sep 2007]
An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule
White Paper The guidance is intended to assist in identifying available NIST guidance which can provide useful reference material in addressing the HIPAA security standards. In addition, for federal agencies subject to both the Federal Information Security... [31 Jul 2007]
HIPAA Compliance for Mobile Devices
White Paper In 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which, among other things, federally mandates the minimum standards that healthcare organizations must follow to protect patient information. [16 Apr 2007]
India cracks down on offshoring data security
News Earlier this year it also launched the National Skills Registry to provide accountability for IT employees, which Nasscom says now includes 70 per cent of the IT workforce. Sunil Mehta, VP of Nasscom, told silicon.com: "The key objective of... [09 May 2006]
US to force firms to 'fess up on data loss
News The Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) was approved by the US House Energy and Commerce Committee last week and could soon be cleared by the House of Representatives. The bill would allow the FTC to enforce standards on keeping data, and make... [03 Apr 2006]
MIT hosts spam pow-wow
News Phil Raymond of Vanquish Labs, who presented on behalf of the Email Accountability Initiative, put it bluntly, "If you have a first class [car] on the train, there will be a lot of people in the cattle car and some of those cars will be left... [29 Mar 2006]
Bioterrorism: Information Technology Strategy Could Strengthen Federal Agencies' Abilities to Respond to Public Health Emergencies
White Paper The identification and implementation of health care data, communications, and security standards - which are necessary to support the compatibility and interoperability of agencies' various IT systems - remain incomplete across the health care... [30 Aug 2005]
Achieving HIPAA Compliance With palmOne Handheld Solutions
White Paper If the business entails handling health information, then the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) may apply to the usage of handhelds and smart phones. This white paper outlines HIPAA security standards and reviews solutions... [25 Aug 2005]
Hacking fears spark power-plant security clampdown
News The new regulations come about three months after a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report cited "a general consensus - and increasing concern" among officials that systems controlling utility infrastructures face real threats of attack. [17 Aug 2005]
HIPAA Insurance Products
White Paper This article informs about the Health Care Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The HIPAA Administrative Simplification law was passed at the request of the healthcare industry, and the standards apply to the whole industry. [02 Aug 2005]
Social Security: Distribution of Benefits and Taxes Relative to Earnings Level
White Paper Studies designed to reflect this perspective address the question of the extent to which Social Security benefits help ensure a minimal subsistence or maintain past standards of living. In the context of Social Security reform, these approaches... [07 Jul 2005]
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