Privacy & Security

The first reported hospital ransomware attack in 2018 was sophisticated – and not caused by an employee opening a malicious email.

Doctors on the front lines of the opioid crisis find text messaging helpful in managing treatment with patients.

The state would have one of the toughest breach notification laws in the country if the legislation is passed.

A laptop of a Coplin Health Systems employee was stolen from a car and serves as a reminder to encrypt all data.

The medical records vendor claimed regulatory changes to HIPAA in 2013 and 2016 threaten to “upend the medical records industry.”

A new report from Aon's security experts predicts more and different cyberattacks, and highlights the pressing need for healthcare organizations to change some of their approaches.

Julia Hesse gets real about the inevitability of a breach and some simple steps for organizations to better prepare.

An employee of Florida’s healthcare agency fell for a phishing email, which allowed hackers to access Medicaid enrollee data.

This past year was another challenging one for healthcare organizations as they remained under sustained attack by cybercriminals who continue to target healthcare networks through the use of well-known vulnerabilities.

Affected systems include Windows, Linux, Android, Chrome, iOS and MacOS but the good news is there is a public exploit code to test your system for vulnerabilities.