Privacy & Security

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By 05:22 am August 21, 2023
Key takeaways from the HHS hospital cyber resiliency report.
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By 05:19 am August 21, 2023
Executives are changing their approach from ‘cloud first’ to ‘cloud smart.’
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By Andrea Fox 11:00 am August 18, 2023
Leading the list, jointly developed by CISA and international cybersecurity agencies based on their observations of bad actors in 2022, is a vulnerability in Fortinet SSL VPNs that many healthcare organizations have still failed to patch.
By Andrea Fox 10:30 am August 18, 2023
Larger companies are taking an "all or nothing" approach in light of proposed legislation, one HIE leader says, but electronic health record developers can look to modernized data lakes for inspiration and place guardrails around PHI.
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By Bill Siwicki 10:22 am August 17, 2023
Ahead of her appearance at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, an information security expert from MITRE offers advice on ways provider organizations can prepare for the worst in a complex and wildly fluctuating threat landscape.
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By Bill Siwicki 10:42 am August 15, 2023
MITRE's Dr. Brian Anderson talks about the pros and cons of AI in cybersecurity – and the role of generative AI like ChatGPT – in a preview of his panel session at the upcoming HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.
By Andrea Fox 10:55 am August 11, 2023
New research by the Ponemon Institute and IBM Security revealed that the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million and the costs of avoiding law enforcement after a ransomware attack have increased by $470,000.
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By Andrea Fox 03:06 pm August 09, 2023
"We will work with a variety of partners across government and industry to promote adoption and take steps to align incentives that address constraints limiting further progress," the agency said in its new strategic plan.
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By Andrea Fox 07:50 am August 09, 2023
The group – whose ransom note reportedly mimics a customer support ticket – may use a phishing attack to breach health systems' networks or drop payloads across compromised systems after first deploying Cobalt Strike or other frameworks.
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By Andrea Fox 11:00 am August 08, 2023
Researchers found that vulnerabilities for the software and firmware powering medical devices and other health IT applications increased significantly – and nearly four times as many of these vulnerabilities are being weaponized compared to last year.