Privacy & Security

The firm's new report, Security Beyond the Traditional Perimeter, found an acute need for both expertise and technology for safeguarding IT networks and protected health information.

The chief information security officer and chief information officer roles are intertwined, yet clearly different. Executives review organizational structures that work, and why.

All executives with a C-level title should be working together toward the organization's mission. Here's how University of Vermont Health System and Christiana Care executives are teaming up to make that happen. 

The hacker broke into organizations on the HL7 network, the security firm has found, and has since put those records up for sale on the dark web. The security firm also said TheDarkOverlord is actively looking for more servers to hack in healthcare.

While payers and large health systems have detailed protocols in place to prepare for and deal with breaches and security incidents, many hospitals and practices "don't even have plans in place."

Mobile technology makers and healthcare organizations are facing new privacy and security challenges due to the proliferation of mobile health apps and devices that must be overcome for those devices to achieve their promise.

Seeking ideas about cybersecurity, human factors, HIPAA, risk management and more.

EHR vendor is making its multi-tenant network faster and better able to keep pace with innovations and emerging technologies. 

Imprivata, the Lexington, Massachusetts-based developer of health IT security tools, has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Thoma Bravo, a San Francisco private equity firm. The deal is valued at approximately $544 million.

Its advice includes ways to prevent and contain malware threats; OCR officials stress that these viruses are considered security incidents under HIPAA.