Privacy & Security

The government is investing $4.2 million to launch the network.

The Change Healthcare cyberattack was a watershed moment, says Greg Surla, senior vice president and CISO for FinThrive. He advises providers to start with the cybersecurity performance goals before the government dictates controls.  

Celo's HIPAA-compliant messaging app allows care teams to share information easily without compromising patients' privacy. Jack Clough, the company's chief growth officer, shares more about the technology.  

While the healthcare group "strongly supports" CIRCIA's security goals, it's urging the Homeland Security agency to "consider the challenges covered entities face during and immediately after experiencing a cyberattack."

The Change Healthcare ransomware attack may not have shaken cyber insurance opportunities, but how chain reaction cyberattacks can aggregate policy claims gives underwriters the shivers, explains Hartmut Mai, president of Cyberwrite.

Cybercriminals are innovating quickly, but key learnings from the 2021 ransomware attack that caused a nationwide shutdown of Ireland's healthcare system are still highly relevant, says David Wall, CIO of Tallaght University Hospital.

La Monte Yarborough, HHS CISO, believes that federal agencies, health system partners and vendors should work together to share information and create a "village" that strengthens healthcare cybersecurity.  

Nuance did not revoke the employee's access to the health system's records upon termination, which allowed unauthorized access to the personal information of more than a million patients.

Also: HIMSS Privacy and Security leader campaigns for ISC2 Board.

Frank Forte, CEO of Anatomy IT, discusses how the company uses AI tools to proactively detect and flag cyber threats for healthcare clients so those threats can be quickly remediated before patient care is disrupted.