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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

Smart Data Collective

Based on figures from Statista , the volume of data breaches increased from 2005 to 2008, then dropped in 2009 and rose again in 2010 until it dropped again in 2011. In 2009 for example, data breaches dropped to 498 million (from 656 million in 2008) but the number of records exposed increased sharply to 222.5 million (from 35.7

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Regulatory Acts in the Healthcare Industry

GAVS Technology

The growing risk from cybersecurity threats has forced the U.S government to take stringent measures against data breaches and misuse of privileged information. Focused exclusively on electronic Protected Health Information (e-PHI), HIPAA Security Rule does not apply to verbal or written PHI. Although the U.S