On March 21, 2025 a significant security incident was reported by CloudSEK, allegedly targeting Oracle Cloud via their identity management system. CloudSEK uncovered that a threat actor, claimed to have stolen 6 million records, potentially affecting over 140,000 tenants.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in January published a "Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) which includes significant updates to the the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ("Security Rule") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act)". This marks the first major overhaul for HIPAA in over...
Significant cost drivers have squarely placed the cloud in the sights of CIOs. Unfortunately, these drivers have often been stalled by a fear that the cloud is an exposed environment that is not only difficult to secure but also a regulatory nightmare. Fortunately, there are concrete mechanisms that can protect cloud applications against crippling data loss, leaks and breaches. Cloud data protection (also known as Cloud Encryption) is one such mechanism that forms the focus of this post.
