Breach

NCH Healthcare last week notified medical staff and employees of a data breach that took place when two company servers were compromised.

SCMagazine.com asked key thought leaders to identify key events in last year that have reshaped public policy and expectations of what happens—and what should happen—to personally identifiable information when users go online.

During an inventory of its IT assets, health insurer Centene discovered that six hard drives containing personal and health information on 950,000 customers had gone missing.

The White House will establish a new office, managed by the DoD, that will secure OPM background checks.

Plaintiffs in Atlanta had a class-action lawsuit dismissed on Monday following the state's acknowledgement it had put at risk the data of more than six million registered voters.

A former jockey agent has been charged by the District Attorney of Queens County, New York, with illegally accessing the New York Racing Association's (NYRA) computer system to access insider information.

The majority of consumers surveyed by YouGov are skeptical that organizations securely handle the data they share online.

The Obama administration is establishing a new agency tasked with conducting background checks on contractors and government employees.