How Will Your Employees Get You Hacked?
By Art Gross – Breaches are becoming increasingly common as cybercriminals continue to advance their skills and tactics to trick their victims into falling for their scams.
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What is Your Personal Information Worth on the Dark Web?
By Art Gross – The dark web is often known for the illegal activities conducted there, and while not everything on the dark web is illegal, it’s most appealing factor is its anonymity.
FDA’s Role in Medical Device Cybersecurity
By Suzanne Schwartz MD MBA – Virtually every aspect of our lives – including our health – has gone digital. Medical devices from insulin pumps to implantable cardiac pacemakers are becoming more interconnected and, like computers and the networks they operate in, can be vulnerable to security breaches.
The Road Ahead: Year-end Trends in Healthcare Cybersecurity
By Grant Elliott – Healthcare data breaches account for over 22% of the data breaches so far in 2017. To put a number on it, that’s nearly 2 million health data records. If you’re looking for an idea of what’s to come the remainder of 2017 and on into 2018…
Federal Health Care Cybersecurity Task Force Issues Recommendations for Industry
By David Harlow – The report contains 100 recommendations but begins with the diagnosis: the patient is in critical condition, there is a severe lack of security talent, the system relies on vulnerable legacy equipment, Meaningful Use has driven the system prematurely into an “over-connected” state …
Which Path Will be Taken: Future of Cybersecurity
By Matt Fisher – The ability to protect and secure digital information is under constant threat. Attackers of all sorts force their way into systems, trick individuals into providing access, and otherwise access data that is not their own.
Cybersecurity and Healthcare Panel Discussion with Government and Industry Experts
By David Harlow – I recently moderated the Second Annual Cybersecurity and Healthcare panel discussion, produced by HITECH Answers, with some all-star panelists: Mac McMillan, Lee Barrett, Bridget Wahlstrom and Iliana Peters.