Australia's eHealth record a security 'disaster'

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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/281216,australias-ehealth-record-a-security-disaster.aspx

By Brett Winterford
iTnews.com.au
Nov 28, 2011

AusCERT chief warns of need for new approach.

One of Australia's most respected security professionals has warned that 
the Federal Government project to give citizens access to an electronic 
health record will lead to rampant fraud and privacy abuses.

Graham Ingram, general manager of infosec emergency response centre 
AusCERT told the Security on the Move conference in Sydney that the 
personally-controlled electronic health record project keeps him awake 
at night.

"E-Health worries me significantly," he told the conference, after 
explaining that his not-for-profit organisation is usually employed as 
the fire brigade to "put out the flames" after a breach incident.

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