Privacy & Security

The chief information officer at Freeman Health describes how he and his team defend everything from HVAC systems to medical devices from hackers looking to wreak havoc.

In recent years healthcare organisations have been constantly targeted by hackers and COVID-19 has made the situation worse.

And mourners remember Daniel Kaminsky, the white hat hacker and "internet security savior," who died this past week at 42.  

Aarti Borkar, vice president of IBM Security, offers expert advice on how healthcare provider organizations can best protect systems and data in this increasingly connected ecosystem.

The framework calls on the federal government to partner with other public health authorities and the private sector to ensure patient safety and security.

In the newest installment of our lessons learned feature series, IT execs discuss the past year – a "compelling need to rapidly expand" and provide care in "new and unique ways" – and describe how those quick pivots are leading to lasting improvements.

In this new episode of HIT Cybersecurity, Lee Kim, HIMSS' director of privacy and security, talks with a panel of infosec experts about what they're seeing on the front lines.

David Stellfox, a cybersecurity communications specialist at the Pennsylvania-based health system, offers an in-depth look at how they did it.

The launch follows a successful pilot scheme in Germany and Italy. 

The operation appears to have often taken place without computer owners' knowledge.