Privacy & Security

Trojans, riskware, spyware and worms all plague healthcare, which leads all industries in number of data breaches.

A nurse gets into a car accident and requires surgery. After surgery, the nurse is prescribed painkillers and becomes addicted. Because she works in a hospital, the nurse has access to drugs and continues to pilfer them to feed her addiction for many months.

A new security report finds the average institution leaves terabytes of sensitive information exposed to unauthorized parties.

Dr Saif Abed, founding partner of health IT consultancy firm AbedGraham, looks at how interoperability could "break healthcare".

A new study from vendor Vectra monitored network traffic for six months to find the most prevalent methods attackers use to gain control and access protected information.

In healthcare, fast access to critical patient data can mean the difference between life and death.

Frost & Sullivan says the healthcare security space is set for big growth as hospitals recognize new vulnerabilities and vendors innovate their products and pricing models.

Patient trust and transparency are key to pushing the boundaries of what can be accomplished in healthcare, says Elena Bonfiglioli, Microsoft's Managing Director of Health and Life Sciences for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Printers present a unique cybersecurity threat, and the provider organization was serious about protecting them and staying in compliance with HIPAA. It also was serious about ROI.

Providers there also don't have to wait 28 days for access to Epic and other systems, and now receive full rights within two days.