Privacy & Security

The goal is to provide executives with a practical framework for addressing the people, process and technology elements of the cybersecurity challenge, Palo Alto Networks and PwC said.

Don’t expose your organization to unnecessary risks.

Ransomware has dominated the cybersecurity headlines these past few months, and one of its more recent and advanced variants, Crysis, suggests the threat won't be ending any time soon.

U.S. Federal Trade Commission said that the cloud-based electronic health record vendor misled patients into sharing sensitive medical without knowing it could be posted in a public-facing provider directory.  

Healthcare organizations can better prepare for – and respond faster to – new and emerging cyber threats when improved information sharing plays a bigger role in their cyber defense strategies, according to HITRUST.

The  2016 State of Vulnerability Risk Management report from security specialist NopSec also found that exploit techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

The first stage of the Department of Defense's EHR modernization project will not be ready in time for its scheduled December rollout, according to a recent audit by the Office of the Inspector General.

Stamford Podiatry Group notified patients that cybercriminals breached its EHR database for nearly two months and could have accessed personally identifiable information and personal health information.

The government seems poised to name its first federal CISO.

A surge of recent developments – the rise in apps for care management and wellness, advances in research data, precision medicine gains – is placing a great responsibility on healthcare leaders to break down data silos to simplify data sharing among providers. And consumers, too.