Privacy & Security

The voluntary recommendations from the industry group, which aim to build consumer trust in companies that handle health and wellness data, are meant to supplement, not supplant, existing legal requirements, says CTA.

One new study hypothesizes that a reason medical records aren't being advertised on the underground markets is that cybercriminals are culling PII from the stolen records and selling it off separately.

Security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) is receiving more and more print these days—and with good reason.

Deep Dive: In Part 1 of a four-part series, healthcare cybersecurity veterans discuss the major risks facing healthcare organizations, and why protecting sensitive data and systems is a must for providing care.

But French website Doctissimo denies sharing sensitive data with third parties.

Planned enhancements would help clinicians securely exchange messages with healthcare providers on different secure messaging platforms and ensure messages are sent in a standard format

Replacing easily breakable usernames and passwords with other protections such as biometrics can thwart fraudsters. One cybersecurity expert walks provider IT leaders through the hairy status quo.

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg pays $85,000 to HHS Office for Civil Rights and promises remediation after failing to give an expectant mother timely access to her medical records.

CommonHealth, an open-source app designed to enable easier information sharing, will use HL7 FHIR and other specs to give Android phones similar functionality to Apple Health.

The group's new board subcommittee and automation technology can offer added efficiency for health organizations seeking to boost the quality of their CSF assessments, it says.