Privacy & Security

Healthcare providers typically spend less than 6 percent of their IT budget on security, according to HIMSS Analytics data. Financial institutions, by way of comparison, invest between 12 and 15 percent on average.

A CHCS iPhone housing protected health information of 412 nursing home residents that was unencrypted and not password protected was stolen, according to the Office for Civil Rights.  

Congressmen from both sides of the aisle weigh in on ransomware worries.

A third-party vendor is responsible for the security breach of the protected health information of 4,300 patients at Mass. General. Hospital executives posted an apology on its website on June 29.

Discovered by two security researchers, JavaScript ransomware provides hackers with an advantage over traditional .exe files, according to the cybersecurity company, Proofpoint.

Intrusion detection and prevention tools carry a range of features from forensics to pattern matching. Here's a look at the most important capabilities to beware of before buying a new system. 

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.