In an industry where more than 50% of leaders consider it “inevitable” for a cyberattack to result someday in a patient fatality, cybersecurity takes on an urgency that surpasses business considerations. This statistic comes…
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A significant cybersecurity incident has struck Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa, with the notorious Worldleaks ransomware group claiming responsibility for a massive data breach that potentially compromises sensitive patient information and hospital operations.
Initial…
A mounting cybersecurity crisis is threatening America’s healthcare infrastructure as small and rural hospitals increasingly delay critical security improvements. According to a comprehensive June 30 report from Black Book Research, financial pressures from looming…
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George McGregor, VP of Marketing for Approov
Major cybersecurity breaches continue to plague the US healthcare industry, and on December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), via its Office for…
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The reality of a threat landscape emboldened by artificial intelligence means more cyber adversaries can push their malicious code, breaking through an organization’s endpoint detection and response systems, whether they take jailbroken or uncensored…
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Navigating Security and Compliance in SaaS Environments
Flower says maintaining control over data flows, third-party services and responsibilities is essential when moving protected health information into any SaaS environment.
“The first step is understanding what data…
A Tumultuous Healthcare Cybersecurity Landscape
Organizations must prioritize clinical care resiliency as cyberattacks grow with more intensity, and as health systems rely more on services that offer less direct security control but allow them to…
This fragmentation can lead to blind spots, and in healthcare, where protected health information (PHI) is a prime target, that’s a dangerous gap to leave unguarded.
As systems expand into the cloud, the attack surface…
You really don’t know how much you rely on certain technologies until they’re not available.
At one of our local hospitals, a PACS upgrade during daytime hours threw quite a few clinicians for a…
What does it take for a private hospital group to become a blueprint for national health system digital maturity? At the upcoming HIMSS25 Asia-Pacific (APAC) Conference in July, Dr Kun-Ju Lin, deputy chief of Chang…
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