Cybersecurity

Monroeville, Pa.-based Premier Medical Associates discovered a data breach affecting 900 visitors to its website, according to a Sept. 15 news release obtained by Becker's Hospital Review.

Arkansas Department of Human Services officials said they plan to notify affected Medicare beneficiaries of an incident in which multiple spreadsheets of personal and health information were emailed to a former employee, according to a Sept. 15 news release obtained…

Equifax's CIO and chief security officer will leave the company following a cybersecurity incident that affected 143 million consumers, the company announced Sept. 15.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center began notifying 1,969 patients Sept. 11 after it discovered an employee accessed protected health information without authorization, a spokesperson told Becker's Hospital Review.

Employees are more likely to benefit from cybersecurity trainings with rewards, rather than those that reprimand them, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The Federal CIO Council will hold the first-ever governmentwide IT and cybersecurity recruiting event in Silver Spring, Md., this November in hopes to "fill critical skills gaps," reports The Hill.  

The Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into the recent data breach at credit reporting agency Equifax, which compromised the data of nearly 143 million people, reports The Washington Post.

People are willing to give up a number of luxuries, including their eyesight, to ensure personal data is never leaked, according to a recent Modis survey. 

Toronto-based North York General Hospital selected cybersecurity providers Thales and Identos to improve the secure exchange of information between physicians, staff and patients at the facility.

The federal government has ordered all of its agencies to develop plans to wipe software by Moscow, Russia-based Kaspersky Lab from their computer systems, reports The New York Times.