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Privacy & Security

By Staff Writer | 01:00 am | February 21, 2019
In a suspected ransomware attack, a cybercrime syndicate has hacked and scrambled around 15,000 medical records at a Victorian hospital.
By Tammy Lovell | 05:33 am | February 20, 2019
The Swedish health minister has called a security lapse which left 2.7 million phone calls to a medical advice service exposed online “utterly unacceptable”.
By Nathan Eddy | 02:38 pm | February 18, 2019
Payer, health system sign on of the group driving collaboration between providers, health insurers and patients.
By Nathan Eddy | 01:56 pm | February 18, 2019
A report says the social network’s handling of personal health information put its users' health at risk. 
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By BD | 01:00 pm | February 14, 2019
David Scott, Director of Technical Consulting at BD, weighs in on key barriers, FDA guidelines and “unpatchable” medical devices.
By Nathan Eddy | 11:19 am | February 14, 2019
New arrangement to pair specific roles in TigerConnect with OpenTempo’s scheduling capabilities.
The cybersecurity implications of medical devices have come under scrutiny, as the digitisation of healthcare reaches a wider net of professional, personal and public environments.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:34 pm | February 13, 2019
Atos has launched a cybersecurity suite, Extreme Networks is focused on the Internet of Things, and Interbit Data has unveiled a vault for use in cyber-crises.
By Mike Miliard | 12:10 pm | February 13, 2019
Experts from Microsoft, AMA and Cleveland Clinic weigh the serious considerations that must be addressed as AI and machine learning increasingly embed themselves in clinical and consumer applications.
By Nathan Eddy | 10:45 pm | February 12, 2019
PHI puts healthcare organizations at more risk than others, security vendor Proofpoint found in new research.