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By Bill Siwicki | 01:34 pm | February 03, 2022
A healthcare cybersecurity expert discusses how IT buyers can put financial pressure on device manufacturers to help drive a higher level of security for their fleets.
By Mike Miliard | 10:41 am | February 03, 2022
As risk levels increase, health systems have "significant challenges to overcome," according to the 13th annual report – including suboptimal security spending, vulnerable legacy tech and weak-link human factors.
By Kat Jercich | 04:09 pm | February 02, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' cybersecurity arm said this week that the operation has not claimed a victim since last October.
By Christopher Frenz | 12:43 pm | February 02, 2022
While compliance-based frameworks are not without merit, it is important that they be viewed as minimum acceptable standards and not as end goals.
By HIMSS TV | 07:00 am | February 01, 2022
Health-ISAC chief security officer Errol Weiss discusses ransomware and risks to the healthcare industry this year, including spear phishing and third-party breaches.
By Kat Jercich | 11:48 am | January 31, 2022
In a preview of her HIMSS22 session, Tamra Durfee explains the importance of securing medical devices from a patient safety perspective and outlines key first steps for getting started.
By HIMSS TV | 10:13 am | January 28, 2022
This week's top stories include SCOTUS striking down a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, while upholding another one for healthcare workers at facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, and warnings of threat actors leveraging flaws in Log4J.
By Kat Jercich | 09:13 am | January 28, 2022
Dr. Dan Golder discusses how he believes TEFCA implementation will affect organizations at multiple levels of the healthcare industry.
By Kat Jercich | 12:40 pm | January 26, 2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced this week that the vision-coverage benefits provider had also agreed to enact a series of measures to protect customer information.
By Kat Jercich | 12:22 pm | January 25, 2022
Meanwhile, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says "every organization in the United States" is at risk from cyber threats.