Is anyone’s health data ever truly safe?HIMSS member Heather Costa doesn’t think so—and she's not wrong. Healthcare data is one of the most valuable targets on the black market, and absolute safety isn’t guaranteed….
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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Also a Clinical Concern
When a ransomware attack hampers a hospital’s electronic health records, the ripple effects are immediate and potentially life-threatening with diagnostic delays, canceled procedures and disrupted prescriptions. Every second…
Crucially, the most commonly patched vulnerabilities weren’t always the most exploited. Remote code execution flaws made up 40% of vulnerabilities but accounted for only 19% of exploits. By contrast, elevation of privilege (EoP) bugs…
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Critical Vulnerabilities Plague Healthcare Assets
Healthcare organizations face mounting cybersecurity challenges as nearly 60% of analyzed assets contain critical vulnerabilities, according to a recent benchmark report by Clearwater. From August 2024 to January 2025, security…
Cybersecurity: Life-or-Death in Healthcare
One cyberattack can mean the difference between life and death in modern healthcare. Weekly headlines expose the frightening reality that in today’s digitally-driven medical environment, cybersecurity failures directly threaten patients by…
Patient Dismissal Tops Safety Concerns 2025
ECRI’s latest report identifies dismissing patient concerns as the leading threat to patient safety in 2025, a first-time entry that highlights the critical importance of patient-provider communication in healthcare…
