By Art Gross – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights is planning to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking this November that could be a major game changer for HIPAA breach settlements.
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By Gerry Blass – Medical device cybersecurity has become significantly more important in the age of digital health. There are essential actions health systems must take to protect themselves – and their patients.
By Art Gross – It comes as no surprise that the healthcare industry is a prime target for cybercriminals. Since it’s easy to recognize the potential profit in stealing Protected Health Information.
By Mike Nelson – Healthcare cybersecurity is facing two problems – neither of which can be solved using better technology alone. In fact, these problems have more to do with economics than cybersecurity.
By Art Gross – Malicious cyberattacks are increasing every day around the globe. In fact, cyber-incidents nearly doubled from 82,000 incidents in 2016, to 159,700 in 2017.
By Art Gross – Many organizations spend countless hours and resources on training their employees, only to find that their business has suffered a data breach caused by human error.
By David Harlow – I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force, which issued a report last year.
By Matt Fisher – The Breach Barometer published monthly through the joint effort of Protenus and Databreaches.net provides a fair amount of insight into data breach happenings.