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Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis is Senior Editor for Healthcare IT News, exclusively covering cybersecurity and government policy. She writes the bi-weekly HITN Cybersecurity Checkup and is lead editor for Women in Health IT.

Workflow
By Jessica Davis | 03:35 pm | November 19, 2018
Philips Wellcentive’s Business Leader Niki Buchanan also gives tips for women working in the health IT industry.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:59 pm | November 05, 2018
The Attorney General also banned the former business associate of Virtua Medical Group from doing business in the state for accidentally uploading 1,654 patient files to an FTP server left open to the public.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:27 pm | November 02, 2018
Introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden, the Consumer Data Protection Act overhauls internet privacy protections and gives FTC the authority to create standards and penalize law-breakers.
Security
By Jessica Davis | 05:44 pm | October 31, 2018
The new HHS-DHS Health Cybersecurity Coordination Center, HC3, replaces the Healthcare Cybersecurity Communications and Integration Center after a year of turmoil and unraveling.
Cybersecurity
By Jessica Davis | 04:03 pm | October 30, 2018
A new Symantec report finds the notorious, highly targeted virus is primarily hitting the U.S. – especially the healthcare sector, where hackers may believe orgs are more likely to pay.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 06:03 pm | October 29, 2018
Hackers can perform synthetic identify theft long after a cybersecurity event by piecing together data to conduct medical and insurance fraud.
By Jessica Davis | 10:47 am | October 29, 2018
Big Blue said it hopes to disrupt the cloud market and become one of the largest hybrid cloud providers.
Cybersecurity
By Jessica Davis | 03:19 pm | October 26, 2018
Veracode found that the healthcare and retail sectors are reducing risk the fastest among other industries, but 75 percent of employees struggle with identifying best practices.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:14 pm | October 25, 2018
While investigating one phishing attack in August, medical center officials discovered a hacker had access to three accounts for more than a month.
Cybersecurity
By Jessica Davis | 05:28 pm | October 24, 2018
The final chapter in our cyber insurance series outlines the legal considerations after a breach, mainly, ensuring the organization can choose its own investigator.

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