Privacy & Security

After staff and program cuts at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, lawmakers showcased how the loss of funding and employee expertise could affect care delivery for vets, data security for patients and more.

House subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity protection for legacy medical devices overshadowed by HHS cuts.

Improving cybersecurity despite resource challenges requires small healthcare providers to pull many support levers. "We need to move away from the idea that each rural hospital is solving these issues alone," says one infosec leader.

One breach is said to have impacted legacy Oracle Health servers; another has allegedly affected millions of records accessed via Oracle Cloud.

Now operating as ransomware-as-a-service, affiliates employ a double or triple extortion where they encrypt victim data, threaten to publicly release exfiltrated data if a ransom is not paid and may request an additional ransom.

How industry-specific partnerships enhance security against cyberattacks.

The Senate Intelligence Committee's annual worldwide threats hearing touched on how U.S. defense agencies must partner with healthcare and other industries to neutralize threats from Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon and others. 

A privacy and security expert discusses how small and rural hospitals can move beyond past IT mistakes and implement zero-trust strategies that quickly improve their cybersecurity postures.

It has also revealed ongoing work applying AI to track medical resource utilisation in real time.

Also, DrFirst earns HITRUST for electronic prior authorization, e-prescribing, patient engagement and other healthcare tools.