Security and Alarm Systems Blog

A new survey finds patients wary of the move to electronic health records and the ability of their healthcare providers to secure them.

During the last week of January, CDW Healthcare surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults who had been to a doctor’s office, a hospital, or an outpatient facility in the past 18 months. What the survey found was a broad cross-section of the American public who were uneasy about the potential security problems associated with the move from paper to electronic records.

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A hearing conducted last week on chemical security found witnesses agreed that the government’s regulatory scheme has been a success, although government and chemical industry officials squared off on whether mandating safer technologies or processes is smart public policy.

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Can you describe the difference between a cybercriminal, a hacktivist, or an advanced persistent threat (APT) agent?

If you can’t, InfoWorld’s Roger A. Grimes lays out the seven kinds of malicious hackers with brief descriptions of each.

They are:

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It isn’t a one-off event anymore: drug smuggling has been driven beneath the waves as part of its constant evolution.

Over the weekend, the Colombian Navy seized South America’s second narco submarine with the help of intelligence supplied by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

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A large cyberattack traced back to servers in China and first detected in early January has led the Canadian government to shut down Internet access at two government departments.

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Despite past outrage and lingering health concerns, the White House’s 2012 budget proposal has requested 5.2 million to roll out and staff an additional 275 full body scanners at U.S. airports.

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