This week's top news and views: Parsing the definition of cyberwar, taking the pulse of government IT security and addressing ways to deploy secure cloud computing services.

Implementing electronic health records software that includes security components is just the first of many steps involved in ensuring security, says Bonnie Cassidy, president of the American Health Information Management Association.

This week's top news and views: Accenture to Study EHR Interoperability; Clinics Have a Long Way to Go on Security; HITECH As a Security Reminder.

From payment cards to checks, ACH transactions to phishing, there's no question that fraudsters have waged war on banks. And now the institutions are fighting back.

Clinics applying for HITECH Act electronic health records incentive payments are getting a reminder about the importance of information security, says Robert Tennant of the Medical Group Management Association