Privacy & Security

A growing threat for all organizations including healthcare.

Rediscovering a decades-old cybersecurity protocol.

His paper calls for a federal healthcare cybersecurity leader and discusses key challenges for regulatory agencies, as well as potential mandates and incentive programs. One industry CISO comments.

A cyber hack into a third-party vendor's email led to the exposure of patient and clinical data, resulting in care delays and clinical workflow disruptions across the health system. 

The veteran IT leader, whose past postings have included New York-Presbyterian and Yale, will be tasked with driving growth, boosting performance and innovation, and improving cybersecurity at the health system.

Burnout rates in cybersecurity may be exceeding those among frontline healthcare workers. The call to bolster the resilience of cyber professionals is loud and clear, says Cybermindz.

It is now the fourth known cyberattack on a Japanese hospital this year.

Everything starts with understanding the basics and doing them flawlessly, one cybersecurity expert advises. But there is much more work to be done.

Their information had also been posted on the dark web. 

The goal is to help healthcare organizations "remediate vulnerabilities before equipment reaches the patient floor."