Funding shortfalls and workforce shortage leave small, rural and resource-constrained healthcare providers especially vulnerable to ransomware attacks that disrupt care delivery. That’s a reality that cannot be ignored, according to a new report, prepared…
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Rising Cybersecurity Threats in Healthcare
Healthcare organizations face mounting cybersecurity challenges daily. The sector has become a prime target for cyberattacks, with hospital systems reporting record numbers of data breaches and ransomware incidents in recent…
Healthcare Cyber Resilience in 2025: Why “Good” Isn’t Good EnoughBy Chad Alessi
Chad Alessi, MS, MBA is managing director of cybersecurity at CTG.
Ninety-two percent of healthcare organizations have experienced at least one cyberattack in the…
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The New Reality of Ransomware: Why Your Epic Environment Needs an Isolated Recovery PlanBy Bill Smith
Bill Smith is director of Epic practice at Cordea Consulting.
In early 2024, one of the nation’s largest healthcare payment…
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Building defenses around the most common ransomware attempts could help prevent attacks. Standing up these defenses can drastically limit potential credential exposures, say healthcare security specialists – but the work involved could represent a…
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Garrett Weber, Field CTO – Enterprise Security at Akamai Technologies
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, the stakes have never been higher especially for organizations in the healthcare industry. Data breaches and ransomware attacks are not just…
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HIMSS is leading the charge in digital health transformation, with cybersecurity at the forefront of our mission. In this video, Senior Principal Cybersecurity and Privacy leader Lee Kim gives us a glimpse into her…
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A last-minute reprieve from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security looks to have spared the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program for now.”The CVE Program is invaluable to the cyber community and a priority of…
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Kidney care company DaVita works to recover from a weekend ransomware attack that encrypted some of its systems. The attack was disclosed in an SEC filing.
The company operates 2,657 outpatient dialysis centers…
In recent years, hospital breaches have dominated headlines and board-level discussions, shining a harsh light on cybersecurity and privacy vulnerabilities within clinical settings. Ransomware attacks targeting hospitals are becoming a daily threat, locking patient…
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