Privacy & Security

Notwithstanding his cryptic if not contradictory stances on the Affordable Care Act, President-elect Donald Trump has a detailed platform on cybersecurity.

Among the items in the ‘security graveyard,’ Intermountain CISO Karl West included flat networks, SOC-less security and compliance-only security.

Executives say cognitive technologies such as Watson have a big role to play.

Cloud computing and the Internet of Things has changed the security landscape and many organizations do not yet understand how to apply insights to the business. And then there’s the challenge of getting patients to adopt new tools. 

Tony Sager, senior vice president at the Center for Internet Security, promised to help simplify security – if not necessarily make it easy – at the HIMSS Health Privacy Forum.

Built-in analytics, visualization and micro segmentation are key.

Executives at Christiana and Penn Medicine have become advocates for security work. IT professionals shed light on what made that transformation work.

There's no one right way to set up a robust and workable cybersecurity program. But there are some key best practices to follow.

New skill set needs, old business associates and large data hosts becoming attractive targets top the list of chief information security officers. 

Skip market share leaders. Instead, pinpointing emerging technologies enables healthcare organizations to get cutting-edge technologies for a song. Just not without some degree of risk.