Cybersecurity

Cybercriminals are coming for your healthcare data. Here’s how you can fight fire with fire.

Unintentional bias and data privacy often steer the conversation. Profiteering, intentional bias, and the possibility of machine dependence don’t.

Just because February's over doesn't mean healthcare organizations are done reporting data breaches to OCR. One new incident may have compromised 135,000 patient records.

At HIMSS, we asked dozens of attendees what buzzwords were starting to wear on them. A few words broke away from the pack.

Michael Chertoff shared his concerns surrounding patient data and hospital operations at South by Southwest.

Mac McMillan is a defense intelligence veteran. John Nye served in the Army. At HIMSS 2018, the 2 told us about the benefits that a military mindset can bring to defending health data.

Michael Chertoff, the nation’s former homeland security secretary, weighed in on the issue at SXSW.

Healthcare attorney Matt Fisher tells a cautionary tale about a health system that built its own EHR access monitoring tool.

Uber Health is taking a comprehensive approach toward patient privacy. Otherwise, providers would “vote with their feet,” says one expert.

Announced during HIMSS 2018, the plan calls for patient access to their health records, in a push toward interoperability and value-based care.

Patients were exposed by yet another snail-mail breakdown.

A new study highlights why healthcare organizations must do more than train employees to not click sketchy emailed links.

More than 80% of the 140,335 affected patients had their information exposed in unauthorized access or disclosure incidents.

But healthcare is among the hardest hit by extortion and data weaponization, according to a new report from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

No one knows who is behind the hacker collective, but hospitals must be prepared to fight these self-described “savage creatures.”

Patients, physicians, regulators, manufacturers, and professional societies must make informed decisions based on new threats.

The move is meant to encourage publically-traded companies—like some healthcare services companies that were recently hit—to be more transparent about breaches and vulnerabilities.

Meanwhile, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey settled another data breach case for $1 million.

The sting yielded more than 20,000 attacks, underscoring why all healthcare organizations must take cybersecurity—and their cyber defenses—seriously.

A leader at the Blockchain Research Institute details how the technology could transform medicine, from information sharing to patient outcomes.

Privacy and security extend beyond HIPAA. Here’s what healthcare leaders must know about training staff for ransomware, phishing, and more.

She thought she was attending the blockchain event as an equal, but her colleagues saw things differently.

November through February are often marked by an uptick in cyberattacks, security expert Dustin Hutchison explains.

The insurer wants $20 million. The legal firm wants Aetna to pay. Patients are due $17 million.

What healthcare organizations and digital health ventures must know about open-source software before tracking and implementing it.