According to a 2023 report by the US Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, the number of cyberattacks on the healthcare sector doubled in 2023 from the year prior. So far in 2024 that accelerated…
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Chris Bowen, Founder and CISO, ClearDATA
The recent $50 million initiative announced by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) can’t hurt in the ongoing battle against ransomware in the healthcare sector.
This investment is…
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Mike Harris, Sr. Manager of Business Development for ELATEC Inc.
In February 2024, the Change Healthcare ransomware attack shut down healthcare billing and authorization systems for providers across the nation, substantially impacting business systems, finances…
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The following is a guest article by Asaf Kochan, Co-Founder and President at Sentra
The hardest part about securing sensitive healthcare data is continuously knowing where sensitive data resides and who has access to it….
The following is a guest article by Ron Zayas, Founder and CEO at Ironwall360, an Incogni company
Stemming access to private employee info can close cracks in the network
The recent data breach that took down…
It’s been a bad couple months for cybersecurity in healthcare. Or maybe it will end up being a good thing. I remember after the devestation of Hurricane Katrina, we all woke up to the…
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For the 140th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about the Change Healthcare ransomware attack. To kick this episode off, we share our insights on what has happened in the…
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For the 140th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about the Change Healthcare ransomware attack. To kick this episode off, we share our insights on what has happened in the…
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Jim Broome, President and CTO, DirectDefense
It’s not a matter of if but when an organization will face a security incident. In 2023, the healthcare industry faced its toughest year, with over 124 million health…
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On an April 18 conference call with Optum Everycare CEO Jennifer Phalen, some employees of the company’s virtual care division were told that their last date would be in July, according to a news report this…
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