Privacy & Security

Perspective on minimizing the risks of third-party information sharing from Odia Kagan, partner and chair of GDPR compliance and international privacy for Fox Rothschild LLP.

Maria Palombini, healthcare and life sciences practice lead at the IEEE Standards Association and a blockchain expert, offers a frank assessment of where distributed ledger technology is making progress and where it's lagging.

In a letter to CEO Tim Cook, ten state attorneys general called on the tech giant to require stricter privacy standards for third-party apps hosted on the App Store.

Developing strategic security initiatives for hospitals.

While healthcare cybersecurity experts indicated longer response times to cyberattacks during these times, the new report cited hospital emergency rooms as models for SOC staffing.

The pandemic accelerated the adoption of digital health solutions and devices. But it also exposed the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of increasingly connected hospital systems. Digital leaders in hospital organizations must now demand data security assurance from technology providers.

The former employee's access to patient data and health information was outside the scope of their job functions and was without a reasonable basis, the health plan says.

The agency's first coordinated action against individuals using business email compromise and money laundering schemes to target healthcare payers uncovered $11.1 million diverted from Medicare, Medicaid programs, private health insurers and others.

Steven Ramirez previews his HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum session, explaining how provider organizations can best avoid security problems that stem from associates outside their four walls.

How Cyber Threat Intelligence can protect your network.