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By Healthcare IT News | 01:12 pm | April 19, 2016
Recent cyberattacks on healthcare have been highly disruptive and publicly embarrassing for the industry. Take part in the 2016 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey to help identify how organizations are mitigating the risk of being the next victim.
By Bill Siwicki | 08:36 am | April 19, 2016
A top security expert says healthcare entities need to apply a more scientific and evidence-based approach to the practice of security. Here’s what Seattle Children’s is doing to harden its threat environment.
By Bill Siwicki | 08:59 am | April 18, 2016
The imminent set of best practices will help healthcare organizations become more penetration-resistant, more effective at limiting damage attackers can inflict and ultimately better able to withstand cyberattacks. 
By Bill Siwicki | 06:47 pm | April 15, 2016
Healthcare entities that want to be well positioned against cybersecurity threats must know what resources they have, how those are configured, and tightly control any changes, IT Process Institute chief executive Scott Alldridge said.
By Mike Miliard | 05:42 pm | April 15, 2016
Now that Apple is no longer issuing security updates for the software, known vulnerabilities are wide open to exploitation, the security experts say.   
By Jessica Davis | 08:58 am | April 13, 2016
Symantec and Identity Resource Center in separate reports attributed nearly 17 percent of breaches to healthcare, found ransomware up by 35 percent, and said that organized criminals are using best practices much like nation-state attackers.
By Jessica Davis | 11:41 am | April 12, 2016
More than 1,000 patients of the Florida Department of Health Clinics in Palm Beach County could be at risk of identity theft after a recent medical records breach, department officials announced Monday.
By Jessica Davis | 11:51 am | April 11, 2016
Multi-agency collaboration aim to help app developers stay aware of consumer privacy and safety protections, while still enabling innovation, officials say.
By Jessica Davis | 05:56 pm | April 08, 2016
The Government Accountability Office discovered vulnerabilities in three states and said that other state-run health insurance exchanges may be at risk too.
By Bill Siwicki | 09:04 am | April 08, 2016
Security chief Meredith Phillips says the health system reorganized internally to more effectively manage and secure 60,000 medical and Internet of Things devices, and to strongly position itself to handle evolving threats, such as ransomware.