Small and rural hospitals are seeking strategies to find their way through the dangerous surge of healthcare cyberattacks. It’s a challenge for many of them.For instance, most of the 550 or so rural hospitals working with…
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The following is a guest article by Jamie Singer, Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, and Rebecca Ayer Pitt, Managing Director at FTI Consulting
The Healthcare Industry is Facing a Cybersecurity Crisis
Flashback to early 2020…
The…
As has been the case for, well, years, the past few weeks have seen a steady stream of news about data breaches, ransomware attacks and cybersecurity incidents involving healthcare stakeholders, from hospitals to patient…
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Healthcare cyberattacks remain a constant threat for hospitals, endangering their ability to provide efficient care and putting them at risk for serious financial losses and data privacy violations. This type of cybercriminal activity doesn’t…
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As a starting point to address the high level of cybersecurity crime against the healthcare sector, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies offered strong recommendations for the executive branch, Congress and the healthcare ecosystem….
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By Jill McKeon
March 26, 2024 – The HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) released two sector alerts recently, each highlighting a different cyber threat tactic that bad actors may use to facilitate healthcare cyberattacks.
Both…
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Experts say this year has been the worst ever when it comes to healthcare cyberattacks. More than 100 million people have had their health data exposed as a result of cyberattacks in 2023, which…
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BOSTON – John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk for the American Hospital Association, kicked off the 2023 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum here on Thursday, with a data-rich and provocative discussion that focused…
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The following is a guest article by Terry Ray, SVP, Data Security GTM, and Field CTO at Imperva
Despite satisfying regulatory requirements, 93% of healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach within the past three…
By Jill McKeon
July 17, 2023 – The HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a brief regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and the threats it may pose to healthcare cybersecurity. As AI continues to advance,…
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