Cybersecurity

A consortium of 10 providers is linking with a health information exchange, and the implications extend beyond any single state.

Data privacy and cybersecurity are important concerns, but the practice could “transform healthcare.”

In a new survey, more than 96% of respondents agreed that bad actors are outpacing their institution's defenses.

Meet the memristor, a unique physical fix for a digital problem that has plagued healthcare.

More than 3500 attendees joined a host of high-profile speakers for the audacious event.

"It’s a combination of 20- or 30-year-old technologies that allow systems to interoperate...I don’t want to hear anyone asking if this is mature technology."

During an interview at HLTH, CEO Robin Smith said his company had no interest in deciding who else could see a consumer's genetic info.

From big data’s role in solving coming healthcare problems to Comcast’s new partnership, these stories resonated with our readers.

A new kind of healthcare hacker has been invading networks for years. Can it be stopped?

It’s a big number, and a big asterisk, but OCR-reported breaches have easily crossed the 1 million mark for 2018.

A cybersecurity expert describes how to close the longstanding holes that enabled the cyberattacks.

One of the experts who first discovered the hacker group says the attacks look like corporate espionage, not cyber warfare.

The technology appears capable of safeguarding sensitive patient data, but it has yet to make a big footprint outside the cryptocurrency community.

The firmware update is now available to patients, who might face a greater risk of harm if they don’t act.

Patients and physicians are excited about digital health, but an expert said both sides must trust each other.

The company's admission joins a spate of recent, high-profile breaches involving thousands of patients' information.

How these issues will be examined during a new Texas Hospital Association conference.

How the Virginia health system is strengthening security protocols. Others might want to take notice.

The Chesapeake Regional Healthcare data breach emphasizes the wide-ranging threat to patients’ medical records.

The social media giant's now-halted pitch to health systems is actually somewhat similar to a health intitiative it already runs...with one key difference.

A pair of new reports illustrate the cybersecurity paradoxes facing large organizations, like health and pharma companies.

The Mississippi State Department of Health is sending out letters warning patients of the unauthorized disclosure.

The insurer is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to 6800 affected individuals.

Proponents and detractors alike agree that blockchain still lacks proven use cases in healthcare. Some major companies want to change that.

Another month, another hundred-thousand-plus patients who may have had their protected health information (PHI) compromised.