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2024 Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study
Mar 26, 2024 · Credit Eligible. The 2024 Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study — a collaboration between Censinet, KLAS, the American Hospital Association, Health-ISAC, and the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council — provides an overview on the state of healthcare cybersecurity preparedness, maturity, and resiliency.
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Akshaya Asokan • October 17, 2024. The U.K. government's proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is a "good step forward" to encourage ransomware incident reporting, said Ciaran Martin, the former NCSC chief. But he said the success of the new regulations also hinges on the support mechanism for cyber victims.
Latest breaking news articles on healthcare information security
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • October 15, 2024. Nearly three weeks after a ransomware attack, UMC Health System has restored electronic health records, but the Texas-based public health system is still working to recover other patient care IT systems. Nearby Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is still dealing with a related outage.
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Article ISMG Editors: Russian Cybercrime Syndicates Under Siege. Anna Delaney • October 4, 2024. In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed recent international law enforcement efforts against Russian cybercrime organizations, the latest U.S. cybersecurity bill aimed at protecting the healthcare sector and key takeaways from ISMG's Canada Summit.
Survey: Encryption Momentum Building - HealthcareInfoSecurity
Apr 10, 2013 · To prevent data breaches, healthcare organizations are taking a number of critical steps, including ramping up their use of encryption, the second annual Healthcare Information Security Today Survey shows.. See Also: Critical Condition: How Qilin Ransomware Endangers Healthcare Preventing and detecting breaches is one of the top three information security priorities for this year, the survey ...
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Andrey Pozhogin • September 30, 2024. Healthcare organizations have faced 21% of all cyberattacks since 2023, as cybercriminals use stolen data and operational disruptions to pressure providers into paying a ransom. Experts advise healthcare firms to move beyond EDR tools and adopt a holistic security strategy. Article.
HIPAA/HITECH - healthcare information security
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • October 4, 2024. Federal regulators have hit a California physician services organization with a $240,000 HIPAA civil penalty following an investigation into three ransomware attacks that occurred within a three-week span in early 2018, compromising the sensitive information of 85,000 patients. Article.
Latest interviews and insights on healthcare information security
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • July 17, 2024 18 Minutes. Healthcare groups should consider several key points about a recent Texas federal court ruling and its impact on the use of online tracker technology on the healthcare websites of HIPAA-regulated organizations, said privacy attorney Iliana Peters of the law firm Polsinelli. Endpoint Security.
7 Steps to Building a Security Program - HealthcareInfoSecurity
Feb 14, 2012 · 00:00. 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. To build an effective information security program, healthcare organizations need to take seven essential steps, including updating a risk assessment, says consultant Tom Walsh. "A risk analysis is at the core of any good information security program," Walsh says.