A review of this week's top news items.

A review of news from this week's conference, "Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security," sponsored by the HHS Office for Civil Rights and NIST, including:

In discussing Colorado's foray into cloud computing, Colorado Chief Information Security Officer Seth Kulakow discusses the demands the cloud presents governments and offers advice for IT security professionals on building their careers.

Federal HIPAA privacy and security rule compliance audits of healthcare organizations and their business associates likely will start later this year, says Susan McAndrew, deputy director for privacy in the HHS Office for Civil Rights.