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By Bill Siwicki | 03:22 pm | May 23, 2017
ID management has become central to fighting cybercrime as cloud computing and the internet change the nature of access and security, according to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s vice president of security.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 02:15 pm | May 23, 2017
While WannaCry exploited two of the NSA’s leaked hacking tools, EternalBlue uses all seven and has no kill-switch.While WannaCry exploited two of the NSA’s leaked hacking tools, EternalBlue uses all seven and has no kill-switch.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 11:00 am | May 23, 2017
Officials said the goal is to provide each of the state’s 170 hospitals with the necessary cyber tools to prevent breaches.
Privacy & Security
By Tom Sullivan | 01:59 pm | May 22, 2017
April was the second straight month where breached healthcare entities improved the time it took to detect security incidents and how quickly they then alerted the government.  
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:52 pm | May 22, 2017
Cybercriminal was able to steal both personal and financial information of customers for more than 10 weeks.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 04:12 pm | May 19, 2017
Flowing outside data into existing electronic health records can be a difficult undertaking, AHIMA says, but there are ways to make it work best.
Mobile Health IT
By Jessica Davis | 03:25 pm | May 19, 2017
In the wake of the WannaCry, the Government Accountability Office is trying to bring the industry up-to-speed on the growing threats to devices.
Privacy & Security
By Wendy Almeida | 01:02 pm | May 19, 2017
From the day of the attack to the fall out and official statements about what happened, we break it all down.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:05 pm | May 19, 2017
Hospitals already know it’s hard to hire top infosec talent, but an imminent report from the HHS reveals that it may be even worse than many thought.
Privacy & Security
By Tom Sullivan | 11:31 am | May 19, 2017
As I stood in a room of infosec and healthcare CISOs, the response to the ransomware was nothing short of fear.