Cybersecurity




Ransomware Wreaks Havoc in 2017

By Art Gross – Ransomware dominated the healthcare industry in 2017, with six of the top ten breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a direct result of the malicious software.



A Year of Uncertainty: Healthcare in Flux

By Matt Fisher – Healthcare experienced a large degree of uncertainty and fluctuation in 2017. Almost no day passed without news of action or activity impacting the industry. All of the back and forth left healthcare buffeted and ready for a rest. Unfortunately, that rest is unlikely to come in 2018.



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.