by Gary Scott | Dec 22, 2016 | News
The California Department of Public Health has fined Redding-based Shasta Regional Medical Center $95,000 for violating the confidentiality of an individual patient. The medical center disputes the findings of the department, but agreed to a corrective action plan...
by Gary Scott | Dec 22, 2016 | News
A string of recent reports spotlight the reputational risks of mishandling confidential or personal information. For example, two MIT graduate students collected 158 hard drives from eBay and other resellers and found that over 30 percent contained sensitive...
by Gary Scott | Dec 22, 2016 | News
Data security breaches have the potential to cripple a business. The fallout from the loss of sensitive data for example, could include legal costs, lost revenue from customer deflections and the need to repair a damaged reputation....
by Gary Scott | Dec 22, 2016 | News
The thrill of victory – the agony of defeat. That’s the spirit of the Olympics, as demonstrated by last month’s Rio Olympics in Brazil. For the 2010 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, a new competitor could stand on the victory podium: electronic waste, or e-waste. “Japan is...
by Gary Scott | Dec 22, 2016 | blog
The Office of Inspector General, Health and Human Services shreds computer hard drives for secure digital data destruction. Watching over the spending of federal health dollars is the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,...
