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CSO's ultimate guide to security and privacy laws, regulations, and compliance

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CSO's ultimate guide to security and privacy laws, regulations, and compliance Security and privacy laws, regulations, and compliance: The complete guide This directory includes laws, regulations and industry guidelines with significant security and privacy impact and requirements. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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The Merck appeal: cyber insurance and the definition of war

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Pharmaceutical firm Merck recently won an appeal that could mean its insurers will have to pay up on a $1.4-billion As detailed in the judges’ decision, many of the original defendants settled their portion of the insurance claim with Merck. billion judgment related to the NotPetya cyberattack in 2017.

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Lloyd’s of London to exclude state-backed attacks from cyber insurance policies

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Insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London is set to introduce cyber insurance exclusions to coverage for “catastrophic” state-backed attacks from 2023. The move is reflective of a maturing and quickly evolving cyber insurance market. Nation-state attacks pose systemic risk to insurers.

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Breach reporting required for health apps and devices, FTC says

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The commissioners recognized how the applications and devices did not fall within the scope of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ), but the entities should “face accountability when consumers sensitive health information is compromised.” To read this article in full, please click here

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Resolving conflicts between security best practices and compliance mandates

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The larger and more international your corporation, the more alphabet soup of technology compliance regulations need to be followed: the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the American Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), the guidance by the (..)

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HIPAA explained: definition, compliance, and violations

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HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ) is a law passed in 1996 that transformed many of the ways in which the healthcare industry operated in the United States. HIPAA summary: What is HIPAA?

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Safe Security debuts two free risk assessment tools for businesses

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Cybersecurity risk assessment company Safe Security on Tuesday rolled out two new online risk assessment tools for businesses to use, in order to help them understand their vulnerability to cyberattacks and the costs of insuring against them. Risk tools measure financial impact of cyberthreats.

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