What You Should Know:
- At the Diabetes Technology Society Conference (DTM 2025), Thirdwayv Inc. and Medcrypt Inc. announced a strategic agreement to jointly advance cybersecurity and interoperability standards and solutions across the connected medical device ecosystem.
- The partnership seeks to address the increasing regulatory and operational demands for robust, life-cycle-spanning medical device security.
End-to-End Compliant Security Solution
The alliance brings together
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Healthcare Cybersecurity | Healthcare Data Security | Ransomware | Hospital Security Breaches
Multi-Vector Attacks: Why Healthcare’s Siloed Security Approach Is Failing Now
In football, it’s called an all-out blitz. In cybersecurity, it’s called a multi-vector attack.
Five years ago, most cyber attacks were of the single-vector variety: a phishing expedition or a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Now cyber criminals are more sophisticated, launching multi-vector onslaughts that might simultaneously involve those tactics plus attempts at data exfiltration, account takeover and credential stuffing.
By probing for multiple vulnerabilities at the same
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Beyond HIPAA Compliance: Why Healthcare Must Mandate Encryption of ePHI Now
Data breaches and ransomware attacks have become a persistent and costly challenge in the healthcare sector. As the Change Healthcare ransomware attack shows us, these threats continue to escalate in frequency and sophistication. Organizations bound by HIPAA must reevaluate their approach to cybersecurity, especially when it comes to encryption.
In December 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule, part of which
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We Can’t Wait for Washington to Act on Healthcare Cybersecurity
Over the past few years, I’ve watched as the number of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations across America has continued to trend upwards - undermining patient care and exposing millions of medical records.
Since January alone: a cyber criminal copied the sensitive data of 5 million patients through IT vendor Episource; a hacker breached Connecticut Community Health Center’s systems accessing the medical records of 1 million patients; and a ransomware
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M&A: Fortified Health Security Acquires Latitude to Scale HITRUST and Advisory Services
What You Should Know:
- Fortified Health Security (Fortified), a managed security services provider (MSSP) specializing in healthcare cybersecurity acquires Latitude Information Security.
- Latitude is a healthcare-focused cybersecurity advisory firm known for its expertise in HITRUST CSF, risk assessments, and third-party risk management.
Expanding End-to-End Capabilities
The strategic acquisition scales Fortified's ability to deliver essential healthcare advisory and
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Combating the New Face of Healthcare Phishing and Medical Identity Theft
In 2024 alone, more than 276 million patient records were compromised in cyber attacks targeting healthcare organizations, a figure that equates to 758,000 exposed records every single day. The scale of the problem is shocking, but what’s even more sobering is that 92 percent of healthcare organizations reported experiencing at least one cyberattack last year. These aren’t just numbers; they reflect a growing crisis in trust, safety, and operational integrity across the entire healthcare system.
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Beyond the Firewall: How AI is Revolutionizing Insider Threat Detection in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a top tool in healthcare. Many know about its ability to improve diagnostics and manage workflows. However, it also defends against security risks. One area where it is making a major impact is detecting insider threats.
Healthcare organizations are vulnerable to these threats, which can create widespread complications across a large workforce. Fortunately, AI-powered detection systems provide secure defenses and maintain internal risk
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Beyond the Breach: 10 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Strengthen Patient Privacy
Despite decades of investment in privacy programs, unauthorized access to patient records remains a persistent and costly challenge for healthcare organizations.
Patient privacy breaches cost an average of $9.8 million per incident and include snooping on friends, coworkers and family members and looking into the charts of celebrities.
Clearly, the stakes are high, yet current efforts to discourage, detect, and address violations still leave room for improvement.
Here are 10 ways
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The Hidden Threat: Why Client-Side Security is the Next Frontier for Healthcare
For healthcare organizations, addressing cybersecurity risks is paramount. In 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported a record-breaking 677 major healthcare data breaches, affecting over 182 million individuals. Hacking incidents dominated these breaches, with many emphasizing the critical need to secure client-side environments where attackers exploit end-user devices and web interfaces. Despite the growing sophistication of healthcare cybersecurity measures, client-side
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Ransomware in RCM: Why Your Billing System Is an Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk
When a major healthcare payment processor was hit by a ransomware attack in early 2024, medical practices across the country were thrown into chaos. Routine billing processes, like eligibility checks, claims submissions, and payments, all ground to a halt. Some providers waited weeks to get paid. Others struggled to reassure anxious patients amid financial uncertainty. For small and midsize practices, the disruption wasn’t just inconvenient; it was existential.
The incident exposed an
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