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30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

by Fred Pennic 12/30/2020 Leave a Comment

30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General Manager, NVIDIA Healthcare Federated Learning: The clinical community will increase their use of federated learning approaches to build robust AI models across various institutions, geographies, patient demographics, and medical scanners. The sensitivity and selectivity of these models are outperforming AI models
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COVID-19 Exposed The True Vulnerability of Healthcare Infrastructure

by Martyn Crew, Director of Solutions Marketing at Gigamon 12/21/2020 Leave a Comment

How COVID-19 Exposed The True Vulnerability of Healthcare Infrastructure

Martyn Crew, Director of Solutions Marketing at Gigamon In 2019, 41 million patient records breached in 572 reported incidents at an average cost of $1.8 million per breach. These statistics are far from surprising with healthcare records selling for a reported average of $45 on the dark web. Unfortunately, the year 2020 aggravated these issues as COVID-19 exposed the true vulnerability of the healthcare infrastructure. Organizations not only had to manage the medical and financial impacts of
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How Hackers Are Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Chains – Q/A

by Fred Pennic 12/16/2020 Leave a Comment

COVID-19 Vaccine Cyber Attacks

With the US and other major countries poised to begin national distribution of multiple FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines, the cybersecurity threats to secure COVID19 vaccine distribution is imminent. Earlier this month, IBM released a report on malicious cyber actors targeting the COVID-19 cold chain—an integral part of delivering and storing a vaccine at safe temperatures. Impersonating a biomedical company, cyber actors are sending phishing and spear-phishing emails to executives and global
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7 Best Practices for Third-Party Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

by Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard 11/19/2020 Leave a Comment

7 Best Practices for Third-Party Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard, The globalization of the pharmaceutical industry has forced pharma companies to outsource, increasing their reliance on third-party vendors and suppliers. As this supply chain grows in complexity, companies find themselves grappling with a growing amount of cyber risk.  A data breach in the pharmaceutical industry can cost companies upwards of $5 million and costs can rise significantly if a third-party vendor or supplier is the
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3 Telemedicine Security and Compliance Best Practices

by Gerry Miller, Founder & CEO at Cloudticity 10/08/2020 Leave a Comment

3 Telemedicine Security and Compliance Best Practices

Gerry Miller, Founder & CEO at Cloudticity The coronavirus pandemic accelerated telemedicine exponentially as patients and doctors switched from in-person visits to remote consultations. Health providers rapidly scaled virtual offerings in March and April and traffic volumes soared to unprecedented levels, with practices “seeing 50 to 175 times the number of patients by telehealth than before the outbreak,” according to McKinsey. By early August, the U.S. Department of Health and
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Amidst the Pandemic, IT Teams Turn to the Cloud to Protect Patient Data

by Amit Bareket, CEO and Co-Founder, Perimeter 81 09/22/2020 Leave a Comment

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Amit Bareket, CEO and Co-Founder, Perimeter 81 The challenges facing healthcare during COVID-19 are more than biological. Healthcare providers are weathering a perfect storm as hackers take advantage of the commotion and ramp up their attack frequency and sophistication.  This isn’t surprising for those familiar with the hacker playbook, as cybercriminals typically go after victims that are the right combination of vulnerable and profitable. And right now, the valuable troves of personal
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Telehealth and Cybersecurity: What You Should Know

by Jasmine Pennic 07/22/2020 Leave a Comment

New Telehealth Tablet Provides Clinical Collaboration Within Hospitals

Healthcare providers are seeing between 50 and 175 times (1) more patients via telehealth than before. Telehealth platforms* offer solutions for a wide array of different healthcare issues. An estimated 20 percent of all emergency room visits and 24 percent of routine office visits and outpatient volume could be delivered virtually via telehealth. Telehealth is a win-win for providers and patients. It both increases the availability of care while also reducing costs. However, telemedicine
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Digital Defense Offer $1M in Free Ransomware Vulnerability Assessments During COVID-19 Pandemic

by Jasmine Pennic 05/14/2020 Leave a Comment

Protecting Medical Device Security in the Age of Ransomware

What You Should Know: - Healthcare organizations not currently served by Digital Defense can sign-up to receive a free assessment over the next 60 days. Ransomware assessments will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis or until the $1 million offer is exhausted whichever comes first.  Digital Defense, Inc. today announced a free, $1 million dollar offer to help healthcare organizations prevent ransomware attacks and maintain focus on important, life-saving
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Examining a Hospital Ransomware Outbreak

by Asaf Ashkenazi, Chief Strategy Officer, Verimatrix 04/13/2020 Leave a Comment

Asaf Ashkenazi, Chief Strategy Officer, Verimatrix Friendly security can save lives – and that’s not just a provocative phrase to get your attention. It’s actually true. Hospitals are quickly becoming one of the hackers’ favorite ransomware targets. The steady stream of media reports announcing the latest healthcare facilities that were attacked indicates an end to this targeting is not likely around the corner – and that’s only based on the publicized cases.  Now we have new research
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COVID-19: Best Practices to Safeguard Organizations from Cybercriminals

by Claire Umeda, VP of Marketing at 4iQ 04/08/2020 Leave a Comment

With Coronavirus, Practice Good Cyber Hygiene

Claire Umeda, VP of Marketing at 4iQ While we may consider health largely a private concern in the United States, our nation depends on the continuity and availability of its healthcare system in a very public way, as evidenced by the current coronavirus outbreak. Our critical healthcare infrastructure is vulnerable at this time, no doubt, but it truly has been inspiring to see doctors, scientists, and other industry professionals from around the world come together to stop the spread of
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