Info Risk Today Podcast

This week's top news and views: The FFIEC is expected to issue new security guidance that revisits online banking and strong authentication, and IronKey's Dave Jevans says the industry should fight online fraud, rather than focusing narrowly on ACH.

The FFIEC is expected to issue new security guidance that revisits online banking and strong authentication, and IronKey's Dave Jevans says the industry should fight online fraud, rather than focusing narrowly on ACH.

This week's top news and views: Accenture to Study EHR Interoperability; Clinics Have a Long Way to Go on Security; HITECH As a Security Reminder.

Implementing electronic health records software that includes security components is just the first of many steps involved in ensuring security, says Bonnie Cassidy, president of the American Health Information Management Association.

Cyber terrorism can happen to you, and probably will, says G.F. Bryant Jr. of the World Institute for Security Enhancement.

From payment cards to checks, ACH transactions to phishing, there's no question that fraudsters have waged war on banks. And now the institutions are fighting back.

Philip Andreae is optimistic the U.S. will adhere to a global standard, but the method could vary from the norm.

Clinics applying for HITECH Act electronic health records incentive payments are getting a reminder about the importance of information security, says Robert Tennant of the Medical Group Management Association

IronKey's Dave Jevans says the industry should fight online fraud, rather than focusing narrowly on ACH.

When a database breach occurs, consumer notification continues to be a public problem, and it's time for the federal government to step in, says Linda Foley, co-founder of the non-profit Identity Theft Resource Center.

Ralph Spencer Poore: There's no better way to secure critical data than through cryptography, especially when that data is stored in the cloud.

This week's top news and views: IT employment ends 2010 near a two-year high; IT security jobs are on the rise in 2011; and giving non-IT executives the responsibility for IT risk.

Mobile and online P2P services offer banks and credit unions a competitive edge, and a new Aite report proves internal fraud is more damaging than most banks realize.

This week's top news and views: Mobile and online P2P services offer banks and credit unions a competitive edge, and a new Aite report proves internal fraud is more damaging than most banks realize.

This week's top news: An in-depth analysis of a presidential council's report that calls for a universal exchange language for electronic health records.

The cost savings can be significant, but cloud computing also promises to help healthcare organizations manage risks and achieve business continuity goals.

Most industries say PCI is improving payment card security, but driving consumer and employee awareness about vulnerabilities remains a challenge.

Philip Andreae was there when EMV was born, and he plans to see the EMV evolution through, until it becomes a global standard embraced throughout the world.

Executives deal with risk all of the time, except that is, information technology risk. For many non-IT leaders in government and business, IT risk is outside their comfort zone. Oregon CISO Theresa Masse wants to change that.

A recently released presidential council report, while raising important issues, oversimplifies the challenges involved in securely exchanging health information, says Joyce Sensmeier, vice president for informatics at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.