Obamacare exchange contractors had past security lapses

Computerworld Security: October 23, 2013
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Obamacare exchange contractors had past security lapses

Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable Care Act healthcare
exchanges have had fairly serious data security issues, a Computerworld review
of publicly available information has found.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8769803/823929835/638154/17/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. U,S, NIST tells businesses how to boost cybersecurity
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2. INSIDER: Kenneth van Wyk: Lingering faults with security by default
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3. Eric Ogren: Finding the goodness in threat reports
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U,S, NIST tells businesses how to boost cybersecurity

Businesses that want to improve their cybersecurity posture can take a number of
steps, including conducting a risk assessment and prioritizing ways to address
gaps in their security, a U.S. agency said in recommendations released Tuesday.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8769803/823929835/638156/29/

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INSIDER: Kenneth van Wyk: Lingering faults with security by default

The out-of-the-box security settings for Apple's new iPhone 5S are just the
latest example. (Insider; registration required)
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8769803/823929835/638157/31/

Eric Ogren: Finding the goodness in threat reports


Are you drawing the right conclusions from your favorite security
vendor's 2013 threat report? I hope so, but I talk with a lot of security
executives that miss the opportunity to use these reports as stimulus to
re-examine their security strategies. The importance of threat reports what the
trends mean to your security practices and not-so-much the details of individual
threats.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8769803/823929835/638158/32/



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