Posts by Stephen Treglia :

Recent data breaches have shown us that there are significant outcomes for public and private organizations alike: disruption, reputational damage and financial repercussions. These data breaches have also sparked discussions about the role that federal regulators should play in holding organizations accountable. Despite the absence of definitive, comprehensive data protection authority, the FTC has utilized its general power to combat unfair and deceptive commercial practices to impose corrective cybersecurity...

Being compliant does not mean your organization is safe, nor does it mean that your organization is immune to repercussions at the hands of a data breach. In an article on CSO Online, Compliant does not equal protection: our false sense of security, I discuss the nuances of regulatory compliance and how, while important in driving protection standards, they could lead to complacency in setting security standards.

HIPAA regulations have continued to challenge healthcare organizations across the country, exposing major cracks in the foundation of healthcare data security processes. Healthcare organizations have the greatest number of data security challenges of any industry, as the top target for cyber attacks with highly complicated healthcare networks, a growing amount of electronic healthcare records and an increasingly mobile workforce.

Government breaches don’t make up a large proportion of data breaches, docking in at 11% of all breaches in 2014 and 7.6% of breaches thus far in 2015, and yet government agencies have been subject to an increased level of criticism over its struggles with data protection. Just why is this? I set forth to discover why the government is the most highly criticized for data breaches and how...

There is a direct correlation between how quickly an organization can identify and contain a data breach and the financial consequences that may result. Is your organization prepared to act quickly to mitigate the damage and to meet compliance regulations?