According to Ryan Witt, Vice President, Industry Solutions at Proofpoint, Inc., phishing emails are still the most prevalent and dangerous sources for security breaches. In this video, Witt and Joshua Roth, Chief Information Security…
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Why Healthcare Workers Are Prime Targets for Cyberattacks
Healthcare workers are, unfortunately, a favorite target for malicious actors for a few reasons. First, healthcare data is incredibly valuable; it contains personal health information and financial…
Explore insights from HIMSS24 on safeguarding electronic protected health information (ePHI) and limiting unauthorized access. Michael Trzcinski and Vernon O’Donnell present strategies for deploying HIPAA-compliant approaches, discussing the risks and benefits of mobile access…
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By Jill McKeon
December 13, 2023 – New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James reached a settlement with Healthplex, a large dental insurance provider, following a data breach that occurred in November 2021. Healthplex agreed to…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights said Thursday it has settled with Lafourche Medical Group closing an investigation over a phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health…
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Warnings from Australia’s powerful pharmaceutical lobby about cybersecurity risk speak to broader vulnerabilities in the healthcare sector on the back of growing consumerisation.Healthcare technology industry leaders need to be careful balancing the increasingly complex…
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By Jill McKeon
October 25, 2023 – The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center’s (HC3) latest white paper examined the risks of “quishing,” or QR code-based phishing attacks. The growing popularity of quick response (QR) codes, which…
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The following is a guest article by Jonathan Goldberger, Senior Vice President, Security Practices & Strategic Sales at TPx
Hospitals face the threat of cyberattacks daily and each attack threatens the hospital’s public brand and,…
By Jill McKeon
September 26, 2023 – Advanced email attacks remain a top threat to organizations around the world, including those in the healthcare sector, Abnormal Security observed in its latest blog post. Abnormal saw a…
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The following is a guest article by Kern Smith, Mobile Security Expert at Zimperium
The healthcare industry has been transforming radically over the past decade with the common goal of improving the way healthcare is…
