Posts Tagged ‘Data’

Data Breach and Legislation: What’s Coming Your Way?

Image by Agathe B via Flickr Prepare now to prevent a ‘security breach’: 45 states and the District of Columbia have laws spelling out procedures when personal information has been … article from: New Hampshire Business Review By David Scott It’s rather interesting to monitor what’s happening in the UK right now. Data protection legislation […]

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UCSF laptop containing patient files stolen

Image via Wikipedia The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO—The medical records of more than 4,000 patients at the University of California, San Francisco may have been compromised after a laptop they were on was stolen. Officials with the university said Wednesday the laptop was recovered earlier this month after it was taken from a medical school […]

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What is a risk assessment framework

Image by Adam Melancon via Flickr The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments Definition – A risk assessment framework (RAF) is a strategy for prioritizing and sharing information about the security risks to an information technology (IT) infrastructure. A good RAF organizes and presents information in a way that […]

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