Privacy & Security

Unique copies of the records – apparently stolen from three large health organizations and a U.S. insurance company – are being offered for as much as $485,000 worth of bitcoin, according to the website DeepDotWeb.

New software and services are tailored for ransom attacks. Will more security vendors follow suit or build anti-ransomware functionality into existing malware tools? 

The defendants, 61 of them clinicians, are being charged with various crimes, including conspiracy, violations of anti-kickback statutes, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.

Protecting the perimeter and safeguarding against phishing attacks don’t have to cost a fortune, according to one cybersecurity investigator and a CISO, if you plan carefully and spend wisely.

The research also found that 55 percent of healthcare organizations have already moved Tier 1 applications to a cloud. But security and orchestration remain as significant obstacles.

The overall costs include fines levied by the federal government as well as instituting business continuity and incident response plans, employee training, and hiring a CISO.

'Most managed security services don't provide proactive threat hunting, advanced analytics and incident response as part of their core offerings.'

With the growing frequency of cyberattacks, healthcare organizations are discovering the need for an extra layer of protection to cover the loss of funds incurred from a security breach.

The companies announced the collaboration today at the Healthcare IT News Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum in San Francisco.

The medical model focuses on customization of healthcare but a number of components need to be in place to make it successful.