More than six million Americans have been affected by security breaches of their protected electronic health information since August 2009, according to a recent report. Sixty-one percent of the breaches are a result of "malicious intent."
In a letter, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) urges leaders of the Senate Appropriations/Homeland Security Subcommittee to reject the cuts made in the House’s Continuing Resolution bill regarding the Port Security Grant program and restore funding for the program to at least the reduced level recommended in the President’s fiscal 2012 budget.
Dell announced that intelligence and security-industry veteran John McClurg has been named vice president and Chief Security Officer for Dell Global Security
(ISC)2 will co-locate its first annual (ISC)² Security Congress with the ASIS International 57th Annual Seminar and Exhibits in Orlando, FL, Sept. 19-22, 2011.
Several Disneyland employees have filed a lawsuit claiming the company is violating the law by issuing worker IDs that are embedded with Social Security numbers that can be read by smart phones.
Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, and Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will be keynote speakers at the ASIS International 57th Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2011), Sept. 19-22 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fl.