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Privacy & Security

By Jessica Davis | 08:09 am | September 09, 2016
Visual hacking’s low-tech nature flies under the radar of chief information security officers and chief privacy officers. But there are simple technology and physical fixes, Kate Borten of the Visual Privacy Advisory Council explains.
By Bill Siwicki | 04:20 pm | September 08, 2016
There were 44 reports of data breaches in August, and 233 from January through August, according to the monthly Protenus Breach Barometer.
By Mike Miliard | 03:44 pm | September 08, 2016
By combining Dragon Medical and Imprivata Cortext, the companies can offer a speaker-adaptive engine, custom vocabularies, built-in visualization, voice navigation and other features.
By Bill Siwicki | 06:02 pm | September 07, 2016
Cybercriminals are nailing healthcare with the insidious form of malware and CryptoWall is the most common type of ransomware detected in the second quarter, a new report finds.
By Bill Siwicki | 08:03 am | September 07, 2016
Healthcare organizations need to implement high-end network monitoring and anomaly detection, according to Core Security general manager Chris Sullivan.
By Jessica Davis | 03:20 pm | September 01, 2016
The West Virginia and Kentucky health system announced a cyberattack over the weekend, but has yet to determine the cause. The situation is testing just how long a hospital can survive when clinicians and operations are running on pencil and paper.
By Jack McCarthy | 04:01 pm | August 31, 2016
Insisting that device and information encryption is a problem that will not simply go away, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey called for greater collaboration between private sector companies and the federal government. 
By Jessica Davis | 11:49 am | August 30, 2016
A recent Cybersecurity Ventures report, sponsored by security firm Herjavec Group, also found global cybersecurity defense costs will exceed $1 trillion over the next five years.
By Jack McCarthy | 11:19 am | August 30, 2016
A theory emerges that the investment and cybersecurity research firms withheld information from St. Jude to short-sell stocks and profit from the bad news about the security of its pacemakers and heart devices. 
By Bill Siwicki | 06:08 pm | August 29, 2016
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT said that the winners offer new uses for Blockchain digital technology to protect and exchange electronic health data in a secure fashion.