Privacy & Security

Jointly developed as a public-private partnership, the new Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guide from HHS aims to help healthcare organizations assess their current practices and risks and identify gaps.

Their new CALDERA plugin combines open-source software to help cybersecurity professionals better prepare for attacks on machine learning systems.  

Tom O'Neil, managing director of Berkeley Research Group, says boards need to think hard about how machine learning models are approved and deployed, since big issues related to safety, efficacy and transparency are at stake.

The agency says the current policies, guidelines and controls for the cybersecurity and privacy of genomic data are inadequate and asks the public to comment on proposed use cases and protections.

What are the proportionate roles of people, process and technology as providers build defense strategies in a fast-changing threat landscape? Anurag Lal, NetSfere CEO and past director of the FCC's National Broadband Task Force, offers his perspective.

FBI and CISA warn U.S. hospitals to heed indicators of compromise immediately. RansomHouse shuts down a major Barcelona health system. The U.S. and European partners seize equipment possibly used in DoppelPaymer exploits.

What healthcare organizations can expect under this law.

The AHA, HITRUST and others are encouraged by the plan, and pledge collaboration and support to help make requirements feasible – such as creating security incentives for software companies.

Also, a hospital in Sikkim is upgrading to smart connected beds powered by Dozee.  

Tony Jaros, CEO of Legacy Data Access, shares expertise on the vanishing art of in-house mastery of legacy systems, retiring systems after M&A and more.