Security

Hospital officials said operations are returning to normal while the cyberattack remains under FBI investigation. 

John Riggi and Judy Selby of BDO Consulting share three steps to effective data mapping: third party assessment, an infinite response plan and a strong employee training program.

The program, designed to foster technology innovation in healthcare, aims to harness the industry’s $6.5 billion in start-up funding, the research and consulting giant says.

The cybercriminal group ‘Tsar Team’ hacked the World Anti-Doping Agency’s database and leaked confidential records of Rio 2016 athletes - including Serena Williams and Simone Biles.

Texas Health Resources has gone live with a health information exchange connecting the regions of North, South and West Texas, joining 32 other healthcare organizations in the Lone Star State.

Visual hacking’s low-tech nature flies under the radar of chief information security officers and chief privacy officers. But there are simple technology and physical fixes, Kate Borten of the Visual Privacy Advisory Council explains.

There were 44 reports of data breaches in August, and 233 from January through August, according to the monthly Protenus Breach Barometer.

By combining Dragon Medical and Imprivata Cortext, the companies can offer a speaker-adaptive engine, custom vocabularies, built-in visualization, voice navigation and other features.

Cybercriminals are nailing healthcare with the insidious form of malware and CryptoWall is the most common type of ransomware detected in the second quarter, a new report finds.

Healthcare organizations need to implement high-end network monitoring and anomaly detection, according to Core Security general manager Chris Sullivan.