The last few years were scary in terms of healthcare cybersecurity. A hack of Banner Health breached up to 3.7 million records. Another data breach at 21st Century Oncology resulted in multiple lawsuits being filed against the organization. When a third party gained unauthorized access to computer systems at Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, almost 900 thousand patients, employees, and...

If you work for any organization that processes credit or debit card information, you’ve heard of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), the regulatory standard aimed at preventing costly data breaches like the ones you may have heard about at Home Depot or TJX. But how much do you really know about PCI DSS compliance? Here are some interesting PCI DSS compliance statistics...

"Dear Valued Customer,As you may have heard, on September 8, 2014, we confirmed that our payment data systems have been breached, which could potentially impact customers using payment cards at our U.S. and Canadian stores." This is an excerpt from an actual email distributed by a large retailer, in the wake of a massive data breach jeopardizing over...