Rural Healthcare Organizations Need Security Support
Healthcare access is already a challenge for rural communities across the country. The threat of a cyberattack is yet another immense weight for these independent health systems to juggle.
Many…
At times, the priorities of healthcare organizations, clinicians and patients can seem at odds with one another. But when it comes to the delivery of a modernized user experience, most stakeholders have similar expectations.
As…
HEALTHTECH: What are areas of focus healthcare organizations can target immediately to bolster their security? What about areas that require long-term efforts?QUINN: For both the short and long term, asset inventory and management is going…
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Cybersecurity Gets Better When It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
There’s a statistic that holds true across industries: more than 80 percent of breaches are unintentional, meaning that people cause them accidentally. No matter what controls are in…
A vCISO usually works offsite, away from the rest of an organization, notes Jason Kemmerer, solution architect at Forcepoint.“A virtual CISO is an executive who is responsible for the oversight of an organization’s security…
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Best Practices for Secure Backups in Healthcare
The following are some strategies healthcare organizations can explore to keep backups secure.
Immutable Storage: Immutable storage means that data cannot be erased except within the data protection solution…
Ransomware has affected healthcare for decades, but organizations have become increasingly vulnerable as attackers have become brazen and more sophisticated.
There’s a financial and reputational impact: One health system had to settle with 126,000 patients…
Why Stronger Security Strategies Are NeededFor healthcare organizations looking to offer at-home acute care, end-to-end security with a zero-trust policy is imperative. It must encompass all relevant people (including IT and security administrators, staff…
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1. Partner with Other Departments Instead of Blocking Them
Shadow IT exists for a reason: IT departments can be slow and their requirements burdensome when others just want to get work done. Shadow IT projects…
How Does Quantum Computing Compare with Traditional Computing?Traditional computing is based on deterministic computing. In essence, the 1’s and 0’s, or bits, translate to specific outputs. Quantum computing is based on probabilistic computing.
“Each unit…
