SecurityScorecard released its 2016 Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Report – a comprehensive analysis exposing alarming cybersecurity vulnerabilities across 700 healthcare organizations.
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By D’Arcy Gue – Most healthcare cybersecurity stories over the last year or so have focused on ransomware, the frightening new weapon in the hacker arsenal.
By William Hyman – We are of course increasingly dependent on software in our professional and personal lives. We are also increasingly familiar with software problems ranging from malfunctions to cybersecurity holes.
By D’Arcy Gue – After years of increasingly dangerous data security and privacy breaches across the American healthcare environment, HHS has decided to take preventative action. On July 25, HHS announced it will fund a new resource that will share “the most up-to-date cyber threat information across the health and public health sectors.
By Matt Fisher – sits down with Mac McMillan, the Chairman, CEO and co-founder of CynergisTek, Inc., to discuss cybersecurity issues facing the healthcare industry. The discussion focused on ransomware, the role of data in healthcare, which includes where generated and how utilized, and how to manage access to data.
By Matt Fisher – The HIPAA Privacy Rule is an aspect of HIPAA that does not necessarily receive much attention. Most of the recent settlements and breach actions related to violations of the HIPAA Security Rule. The Security Rule offers more glamour from the press perspective because cybersecurity, hacking and other activities attract headlines.
By Matt Fisher – The 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference promises to showcase many new developments in the health IT field and highlight key areas of focus. In what will not likely be a surprise based on the focus of my blogging, I anticipate that privacy and security will be a primary focus.
PwC’s Health Research Institute new report highlights the top 10 issues expected to have the greatest impact on the industry this year and offers a look back at key trends that will help shape the coming year. So, what will 2016 bring us?
By Matt Fisher – The OCR at the Department of Health and Human Services sent out an email on February 2, 2016 to announce the launch of a cyber-awareness for the healthcare industry. OCR recognizes the danger faced by healthcare from an array of bad actors and the need to spread information.