Privacy & Security

Zettaset COO and CFO Tim Reilly discusses encryption's value to the healthcare industry and why adoption has been a struggle.

The undisclosed sum paid by the New Jersey health system, one of the state’s largest, is covered by an insurance plan that helps it cover costs related to cyber attacks, officials said. 

RiskRecon uses data science and algorithms to help healthcare organizations identify and focus on the mission-critical issues found in external systems, explains Greg Besegai, the company's regional director.

When it comes to using citizen data to improve health outcomes, trust and security are extremely important, explains Sinikka Salo, leader of change with Finland's Permanent Secretary's Cabinet Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Government.

Requiring frequent mandatory changes of complex passwords is no longer the go-to answer for system security, says Adam Kehler, principal consultant and healthcare practice lead at Online Business Systems.

Healthcare IT News and Healthcare Finance editors Mike Miliard and Susan Morse join host Jonah Comstock for an onsite recap of the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum in Boston this week. They talk about trends, lessons and how the demands of healthcare security are evolving.

Lorraine Bessmer, senior cybersecurity analyst at St. Luke's Health System, says a lack of third-party cybersecurity standards is hampering hospital-vendor partnerships.

As the role of the CISO evolves, so too does the threat landscape, the infrastructure that needs safeguarding and the policy imperatives shaping the mission of data protection.

While the shift is necessary, the transition period will likely see hackers targeting newly vulnerable information, said Halamka.

Security pros are being outmaneuvered, not outsmarted, said Michael Coates at the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum in Boston.