Privacy & Security

Wolfgang Mertz, CTO for Unstructured Data Solutions, says Dell Technologies is helping healthcare providers consolidate data – which enables easy access to precision medicine and supports cyber protection strategies.

How healthcare organizations can protect themselves.

The frequency of cyberattacks on hospitals and health systems more than doubled from 2016 to 2021, say researchers, and the incidents have exposed the protected health information of nearly 42 million patients.

A private health services organization said it was the victim of a ransomware attack that may have exposed sensitive health and insurance information to an unauthorized individual.

The social media giant says it will appeal the European Union's decision that Meta Platforms violated GDPR. We asked one privacy lawyer whether the decision might penetrate the company's reliance on contractual necessity in the U.S.

In a statement about its attack on Toronto-based SickKids, the cybercrime affiliate also offered a decryptor. Healthcare cybersecurity experts question whether the move was ethically motivated, or meant to enhance LockBit's recruitment image.

Cybersecurity breaches in healthcare continued at an alarming rate throughout the year, affecting operations and patient safety, while government agencies and policymakers focused on ways to improve resilience.

How providers can build cyber resilience.

Collaborating to address medical device cybersecurity issues.

Also, Archives NZ has disclosed a potential breach in digitised historical health records.