Security Archives

Department of Health and Human Services Launches Long Awaited HIPAA Audit – Phase 2

by Stella Alvo | 26.04.2016 | Industry, Security

Early last month, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) officially launched Phase 2 of its HIPAA Audit Program. Phase 2 is an extension of 2011’s Pilot Program to review an entities adherence to HIPAA’s Privacy, Security and Breach Notification rules. If you are an organization concerned about remaining compliant with HIPAA and HITECH, ensure you are up to date on best practices from existing vendors.

“Panama Papers”: Recent news underscores critical nature of security

by Stella Alvo | 18.04.2016 | Security

What will be the long terms effects of the Panama Papers? While we can’t tell you that, it is clear that data security and protection is a theme which will play out over and over in the coming days, months, and years. Those at the Cloud Security Alliance have dove deeper into just how at risk those in the legal world are to data security breaches.

Tags: IT-Security // legal // Panama Papers

Security Alert: One in six emails contains a virus

by Sabrina Hiller | 12.04.2016 | Business Trends, News, Security

After Locky, here comes KePanger, PowerWare and Petya: Retarus is currently observing a significantly higher incidence of the crypto trojan Locky, as well as new variations. Whilst in February only around 3% of all incoming emails were infected, the number of messages filtered in March due to viruses had already risen to 17%. This corresponds to a fivefold rise in comparison with the previous month and can be explained primarily by the large increase in ransomware.

How to archive encrypted emails in a legally compliant manner

by Sören Schulte | 30.03.2016 | Cloud, Security

If emails don’t only have to be transmitted in encrypted form but also have to be archived in compliance with legal requirements, IT decision-makers often find themselves faced with a new problem: How can it be guaranteed that despite end-to-end encryption the message will remain readable throughout the archiving period? Even if the recipient concerned has already left the company.

Future of work: Email must reinvent itself

by Sabrina Hiller | 23.03.2016 | Business Trends, Cloud, Security

The modern office is mobile and located in the cloud. To ensure that business partners will still be able to communicate with each other efficiently in the future, the electronic message needs to reinvent itself.

Tags: BITKOM // Cloud // Email // Email Security // Mobility

In the Name of Her Majesty: British Phishing Emails Promise Tax Refunds

by Sören Schulte | 03.03.2016 | News, Security

In recent days, many inboxes have been receiving emails that at first sight appear to carry joyous news. In the subject line they announce a tax refund, and the sender seems to be “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs” (HMRC) – the British tax authority. So every recipient with business ties to the United Kingdom is likely to take a closer look.

Tags: Email Security // HMRC // IT-Security // Phishing