The European Commission has recently gained a reputation as the tip of the spear when it comes to evolving data privacy mandates in the digital age. The latest round of proposed reforms have only fueled further debate as legislators attempt to strengthen personal data security without presenting an ...

With companies, customers and regulators all growing increasingly concerned by the frequency of data security incidents, the search for solutions is on. But as some focus on designing next-generation technology and forging new legislation, several existing answers are continually being overlooked. B...

As the online frontier continues to pose unique challenges for merchants tasked with protecting sensitive data supplied by their customers, the PCI Security Standards Council has released a set of supplementary guidelines covering ecommerce activity. The impetus for this report was primarily commun...

Health IT administrators have had to balance conflicting priorities in recent months as internal stakeholders push for greater innovation and industry regulators offer new data compliance mandates. Although there is no one-size-fits-all approach for equitably allocating resources toward these two ob...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a long-awaited addendum to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The four previous provisions combined to create the comprehensive new rule, which is intended to bolster patient privacy protections while simul...