Privacy & Security

A security operations center (SOC) provides a focal point for security operations, but providing 24x7 SOC coverage is beyond the means of most organizations due to people and technology costs.

It's been an eventful year for health IT, with many health systems investing in AI and machine learning, exploring advanced pop health analytics, deploying leading-edge cybersecurity tools, expanding telehealth programs of all shapes and sizes, and embrac

Ransomware attack had a “strong impact” on operations over the weekend.

Virtual Care Provider Inc., which provides hosting and IT services to post-acute care facilities nationwide, was hit by the Ryuk variant, locking access to patient data at 110 nursing homes.

Developing tools to separate and automatically control Internet of Things traffic is one important way to safeguard medical device security.

Erik Decker, chief security and privacy officer at University of Chicago Medicine, describes the value of HHS' Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices framework, which offers workable best practices for the management and mitigation of prevalent threats.

The Google Cloud Healthcare Data Protection Toolkit can help healthcare organizations chart strategies for HIPAA-aligned data management, the company says.

The palm print identity authentication system connects 750,000 patients to their Epic EHR – in one case, even when a patient was having a stroke and unable to speak.

An investigation by the Financial Times found popular sites disclosed personal information to third-party companies.

Richard Staynings, chief security strategist at Cylera, says hospitals have seconds to respond using defensive AI to recognize algorithm transformations taking place is suspected malware.