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More healthcare organizations are "decoupling" their HIPAA compliance efforts from their cybersecurity initiatives, a sign that the sector is maturing, says security expert Axel Wirth, discussing...
Bolstering endpoint protection is a top security priority at Partners HealthCare this year, says Jigar Kadakia, CISO of the Boston-based integrated health system. What else is on the agenda?
In 2017 the number of individuals affected by breaches within the healthcare sector reached a four-year low. However, 71 percentof breaches in 2017 were due to hacking and IT incidents, and a...
The new generation of deception technology can play an important role in helping healthcare organizations detect malware, including ransomware, but it requires careful implementation to get the...
Philips has informed customers that it’s working on patches for dozens of vulnerabilities affecting the company’s IntelliSpace Portal, a visualization and analysis solution designed for healthcare...
With advances in big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning and more, healthcare is primed to innovate. But do HIPAA, GDPR and other regulatory standards inhibit the ability to innovate?...
Malware Incident Took Months to InvestigateA malware incident at Partners HealthCare that was detected last spring but was only recently determined to have exposed patient data illustrates that...
VA OIG Report Spotlights Some of the ChallengesA new report from a Veterans Affairs watchdog agency on a guest Wi-Fi network that was set up at a VA medical center without coordination with VA IT...
Blockchain holds potential for supporting secure health data exchange, but it has limitations that organizations need to keep in mind, says Intel's David Houlding in this in-depth interview on the...
Two SamSam Ransomware Healthcare Attacks, Two Variants, and Two Different Results read more