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Anakam Inc - June 9, 2008
Anakam Inc. and Axolotl Corp Announce Partnership to Provide Secure Access to Health Information Exchanges and Hospital Systems

Anakam Inc - February 25, 2008
Anakam Inc. Teams With CareSpark to Deliver Two-Factor Authentication

Anakam Inc - January 3, 2008
Anakam Inc. Unveils Anakam.TFA™ Two-Factor Authentication Platform Version 3.0

Anakam Inc - October 15, 2007
Anakam Inc. Announces Anakam.TFA™ Solution Packs For SaaS Providers

Anakam Inc - October 10, 2007
Anakam Inc. Supports National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Anakam Inc - June 1, 2007
Anakam Inc. News Release on OMB Memo

News.com - June 7, 2007
Study: Shoppers will pay for privacy

InformationWeek.com - March 7, 2007
ID Theft Is Exploding In The U.S.

News.com - March 1, 2007
Government Health IT: National Health Network Plan Empowers Consumers

News.com - February 4, 2007
Study suggests flaw in bank sites' security.

Cyber Security Industry Alliance - January 31, 2007
Cyber Security Industry Alliance Releases Federal Progress Report for 2006 and 2007 - Agenda for U.S. Government Action. To view the full report click here

News.com - January 24, 2007
Competition planned for new crypto standards.

Health Data Management - January 12, 2007
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have issued a guidance document on securing data on mobile computing devices in accordance with the HIPAA security and privacy rules.

MSNBC - January 5, 2007
In an Instant, Retirement Savings Vanish.

News.com - January 5, 2007
10 things to know about info security in '07.

News.com - December 13, 2006
Do as you say, not as you do.

Cyber Security Industry Alliance - December 4, 2006
The Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) today announced its 2007 Priorities to drive and shape public policy related to cyber security.

News.com - December 3, 2006
U.N. agency sees risks to privacy, security online.

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council - December 4, 2006
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Releases Guidance on Authentication in Internet Banking Environment. To view the guidance click here

Anakam GSA Schedule

OMB Memo on Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information.

Review some of the security and privacy basics by reading the Better Business Bureau's guide, "Security & Privacy -- Made Simpler.

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse maintains a chronology of events in which personal information has been compromised.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sets many information security standards for the Federal Government in areas such as cryptographic technology, advanced authentication, public key infrastructure, and security management and support.

NIST's "Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers

National Agenda for Information Security in 2006. Proposals by the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA)

In April 2004, President Bush issued an executive order calling for the “development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.” Learn more reading "The Health Record Banking imperative: A conceptual model"

Statement of John D. Macaulay, M.D., Anakam Vice President for Healthcare and Life Sciences, before the Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup of the American Health Information Community (September 29, 2006)

Learn more about the American Health Information Community (AHIC)

Learn more about the National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medical Privacy website

For more information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Information Security: Veterans Affairs Needs to Address Long-Standing Weaknesses (February 2007)

Health Information Technology: Early Efforts Initiated but Comprehensive Privacy Approach Needed for National Strategy (January 2007)

Agencies Need to Develop and Implement Adequate Policies for Periodic Testing (October 2006)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Needs to Improve Controls over Key Communication Network (August 2006)

The Anti-Phishing Working Group is committed to wiping out Internet scams and fraud. Review the Phishing Trends Report for December 2006.

In December 2004 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) presented a study showing the agency's findings on unauthorized access to financial institution accounts and how the financial industry and its regulators can mitigate these risks. View the study "Putting An End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft" here.

In June 2005 the FDIC issued a supplement to the study "Putting An End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft".