Government Information Security Podcast

Federal regulators will likely announce a number of eye-popping financial settlements for HIPAA violations later this year as a result of breach investigations, predicts privacy attorney Adam Greene.

High-profile breaches at Home Depot, Sony and others led many to declare 2014 "The Year of the Breach." But was it really? Verizon's Bob Rudis shares insights from the 2015 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report.

Lucia Savage, chief privacy officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, describes an updated privacy and security guide for physician practices and discusses a variety of other cybersecurity issues in an interview at HIMSS15.

New NIST guidance is aimed at helping organizations to better understand the risks associated with the information and communications technology supply chain, says Jon Boyens, a NIST senior adviser.

RSA Conference 2015 is expected to be the biggest gathering in the event's history. What's new at this year's event, and how can attendees get the most out of it? Program chair Hugh Thompson shares tips.

DDoS attacks are easy to launch yet difficult to defend against. Margee Abrams of Neustar discusses the state of DDoS and how organizations can best defend against today's potentially damaging attacks.

The RSA Conference is nearly a quarter-century old. What is the legacy of this event, and how is it flourishing in new geographic regions? Art Coviello, former chairman of RSA, reflects on the event's impact.

We all know that breaches and cybersecurity are topics of boardroom discussion. But how should security leaders present them to their boards? Jim Anderson of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence offers tips.

Some merchants want to postpone the EMV-related fraud liability shift, which major card brands have slated for October. But Randy Vanderhoof of the EMV Migration Forum sees "no reason to move the date."

In the four years that he led the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, Jeremy Grant says he saw significant progress in the use of new forms of authentication - yet widespread acceptance remains years away.