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HHS’s Plan to Target Data Security in 2015 Means More Audits
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to raise the bar on data security in the healthcare industry in the year ahead. The renewed focus likely means more audits and enforcement actions for providers and insurers. On HHS’s checklist are required contingency plans that establish procedures for responding to ...
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The Real Data Breach Risks Are Right Under Your Nose
While companies fret about shadowy hackers based in Russia and China hell bent on stealing customer information, employees—not cyber-criminals—pose the biggest threat to create data breaches and data loss, according to a recent study. Ungoverned and negligent file-sharing by employees is hitting epidemic proportions: More than half of respondents to ...
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More Lessons From Ebola Mistakes
Image: Title: KellyA foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds—and also the sign of reckless policy management. Case in point: the quarantine imposed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie upon Kaci Hickox, the nurse returning from Ebola work in Africa who was not sick. From poor risk assessment to ...
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Litigation Risks Still High on Corporate Radar, Survey Shows
Oct. 22—A new survey of European and U.S. corporate counsel and compliance officers showed that risks of litigation remain a major concern, with 88 percent reporting that the amount of legal disputes faced by their company in the past year has either stayed the same or increased. The annual survey, ...
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ArticleSEC Searching for Rules Violations in Piles of Data.
One of the more significant trends in enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission recently may not be immediately obvious.Last month, an enforcement sweep resulted in charges and fines against 28 officers, directors, and other shareholders for failing to promptly report required information about their holdings and transactions in ...
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You Are the Weakest Link
We talk a lot today about the growing complexity of supply chains in the global economy.With an almost uncountable number of parties (or links if you will) in many undefined and ill-managed supply chain relationships, the chance of significant or fatal weakness seems immeasurable. The complexity presented by the ...
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Lessons From Winnie the Pooh on Risk Assessments
I have spent almost twenty years as an auditor; externally, internally, or training auditors. When discussing the subject of risk assessments and annual audit plan development, I am reminded often of a quote from Winnie the Pooh.“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of ...
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PwC Appoints New Principal to Risk Assurance Practice
PwC US has named Seth Rosensweig as a principal in the firm's risk assurance practice to support its growing Advanced Risk & Compliance Analytics service line. Details inside.