Stories about: Department of Health

Haven't encrypted your laptop fleet yet? There's no excuse for that choice anymore. Check out today's smart strategies for improving laptop security — before the next machine disappears

A laptop containing personal information on about 600,000 people was stolen from an officer in the Royal Navy, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense said on Friday.

Sure, you're thinking, records retention can be deadly. Deadly dull

The potential human toll of a bird flu pandemic is hard enough to contemplate, but the possible economic impact is also vast. CSOs (and all continuity planners) need to think ahead to keep their organizations -- and the economy at large -- working to the greatest extent possible.

The recent wave of regulations require an entirely new approach to storing and searching e-mails. Noncompliance is not an option.

The author of a study into firewalls prepared for general practitioners under the Broadband for Health program claims it has been dumbed down so much by federal health bureaucrats, the document is now virtually useless as an IT security guide.

While IT is transforming Australia's healthcare industry, innovation in the sector is stalling because of security concerns.

US Health officials are working toward a sophisticated IT network that could detect the early warning signs of bioterrorism, but formidable obstacles remain.