The following is a guest article by Preston Duren, Vice President of Cybersecurity Operations at Fortified Health Security
The need for adequate cybersecurity has never been higher for the nation’s hospitals and health systems.
Many factors…
New research from Armis, an asset visibility and security company, has revealed that nurse call systems are the most at risk of malicious activity in clinical environments, followed by infusion pumps and medication dispensing…
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The following is a guest article by Jeff Dymond, CTO for Manufacturing at Dell Technologies, and Steve Lazer, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences CTO at Dell Technologies.
Overview
According to IDC (2020 Market Insights Report), by 2023, 60%…
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world faced travel bans, physical lockdowns, heightened consumer demand, and supply chain disruptions across every industry. This was especially true of the healthcare industry, which…
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The following is a guest article by Steve Lazer, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences CTO at Dell Technologies.
In the current digital environment, businesses are constantly bombarded with data. That data comes in all shapes…
2. Lack of Senior-Level Investment in Network MonitoringSometimes senior-level executives fail to commit to investing in network monitoring, according to Gregory.
Plans may not align with their business, or they may lack a clear understanding…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology says it will publish the Ascon group of algorithms in its lightweight cryptography standard later this year.WHY IT MATTERS
NIST has found “a worthy defender” of data generated by small Internet of Things-connected devices as the result of a four-year international competition, according to the…
What Is Protected Health Information?According to UC Berkeley’s Human Research Protection Program, PHI includes any information found in medical records or clinical data sets that can be used to identify an individual. In addition, this information must have been collected, used or disclosed while providing a healthcare service. PHI can be used during the diagnosis or treatment of a patient or in clinical research processes.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule require the protection of identifiable health information, such as:
Information collected by doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers in the medical record
Conversations between doctors and other healthcare providers about a patient’s…
Control 1: Gain Visibility with a Flow Traffic AnalyzerA flow traffic analyzer is a visibility tool capable of reporting normal network traffic flow data for all peripheral devices, along with anomaly detection against known good baselines. Not only do flows provide a convenient unit for traffic measurement, most popular security information and event management solutions accept flows to augment detection capabilities. Capturing contextual data, such as traffic volume, port origination and destination, network path and quality of service — along with who generated what data and when — provides useful information for effective treatment of traffic through policy.
Consequently, an effective access…
For the 106th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are discussing the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)! First we analyze what IoMT makes us think of and what it includes. Then, we share what devices we’re excited to see come out. Next, we take a look at what the recent explosion of IoMT means for healthcare organizations. And lastly, we debate on the impact IoMT has on security and privacy.
Here’s a preview of the questions and topics we discuss in this episode:
What do you think of when you see the term IoMT?
Are there devices or categories of devices that you…
