CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Chamber of Commerce and FICO Release Security Guidelines on Telework During COVID-19 - It is no secret that companies are experiencing an increase in security incidents following the transition...more
Premera Blue Cross (Premera) has agreed to settle with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for $6.85 million over allegations of violations of HIPAA after an investigation of a data breach that occurred in 2014 affecting 10.4...more
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recently announced a multistate settlement that will require health insurance company Premera Blue Cross to pay $10 million following a breach of protected health information (PHI). According...more
GandCrab Ransomware Backers Working on New Ransomware REvil - We previously reported that the criminals behind the GandCrab Ransomware were retiring, and that a patch was discovered and companies are urged to implement the...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2015 Summer National Meeting from August 13 through August 18 in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting was notable for the number of new insurance commissioners...more
Large-scale data breaches have become increasingly common, bringing with them not only bad press and loss of customer goodwill, but serious monetary risk. New cyber security legislation enacted in multiple states, including...more
Coming fresh off the heels of the Anthem data breach Premera Blue Cross announced on March 17th that it was the victim of a “sophisticated” cyberattack that may have exposed the personal information of approximately 11...more