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Healthcare Cybersecurity | Healthcare Data Security | Ransomware | Hospital Security Breaches

Top 3 Priority Areas for Healthcare CIOs in the Age of COVID-19

by Fred Pennic 07/17/2020 Leave a Comment

Top 3 Priority Areas for Healthcare CIOs in the Age of COVID-19

What You Should Know: - In the age of COVID-19, healthcare CIOs cite interoperability, cybersecurity, and operationalizing SDOH data priorities as top three priority areas, according to the third annual LexisNexis focus group of CHIME executives. - The survey results also highlighted the importance of a team approach with support across the organization in helping CIOs achieve the vision of connected healthcare.  The Health Care business of LexisNexis® Risk
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New Report Debunks Belief COVID-19 Increased Healthcare Data Breaches

by Jasmine Pennic 06/30/2020 Leave a Comment

New Report Debunks Belief COVID-19 Increased Healthcare Data Breaches

What You Should Know: - Vectra spotlight report on healthcare discredits the widely held belief that external threats would lead to an increase in data breaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. - According to Vectra, although opportunistic attacks against healthcare were up – and some might have succeeded – external activity does not appear to have led to an internal activity normally observed in successful attacks. Healthcare organizations in general are doing a good job of mitigating
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Social Distancing for Medical Devices: 5 Steps to Clinical Network Segmentation to Thwart Cyber-Attacks

by Leon Lerman, Cynerio CEO and Co-Founder 06/25/2020 Leave a Comment

Do We Know When Medical Devices Fail?

Since the beginning of 2020, cyber-attacks have spiked by 300%. As members of the world's most targeted industry, healthcare organizations like hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and distributors of medical equipment are more at risk now than ever.  Even if an attack isn't directly targeted at connected medical (or, Internet of Medical Things: IoMT) devices, it can spread through a hospital’s internal network and infect equipment used to diagnose and treat patients such as IV pumps, patient
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OurCrowd Launches $100M Pandemic Innovation Fund to Invest in Companies on Front Lines of COVID-19

by Fred Pennic 06/02/2020 Leave a Comment

OurCrowd Launches $100M Pandemic Fund to Target Solutions for COVID-19

What You Should Know: - Israeli venture capital platform OurCrowd launches $100M Pandemic Fund to invest in companies on the front lines of COVID-19. - The fund plans to raise $100M to invest in 15-20 companies focused on prevention & containment, treatment & healing, and community & disruption mitigation technology solutions to combat current and future pandemic. OurCrowd, a Jerusalem, Israel-based crowdfunded-venture investment platform, today announced the launch of
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2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners Announced

by Fred Pennic 05/21/2020 Leave a Comment

2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners Announced

What You Should Know: - MedTech Breakthrough announces 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners that recognizes the top companies, people, platforms, and products in the health, fitness, and medical technology industries today. - The 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is open to all individuals, companies, and organizations involved in producing digital health and medical technology products and services.  MedTech Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that recognizes
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Examining a Hospital Ransomware Outbreak

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

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 showing us that at hospitals impacted by a data breach,
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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

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 COVID-19. To fend off exploitative
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Healthcare Data Infrastructure Security Cannot Be Ignored During a Pandemic

by Roberto Ramon Garcia VP of Product Strategy & Engineering at Globalscape 04/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Data Infrastructure Security Cannot be Ignored, Even in a Pandemic

The rapid advancement of technology has inspired hope in the healthcare industry, promising to employ artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-based data platforms in life-altering ways. Surgery assisting robots and miraculously accurate AI-based cancer diagnosis methods are a few preliminary examples of what the industry can expect. With all these great technological strides being taken, however, compliance can easily be left in the dust. And with COVID-19 pushing the limits of healthcare systems
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CynergisTek’s PPMS Leverages AI to Combat COVID-19 Insider Snooping

by Jasmine Pennic 03/16/2020 Leave a Comment

CynergisTek’s PPMS Leverages AI to Combat COVID-19 Insider Snooping

What You Need to Know: - CynergisTek, a provider of healthcare cybersecurity and information management announced it has updated its Patient Privacy Monitoring Services (PPMS) to proactively identify and stop insider snooping related to the COVID-19 virus. - As the number of cases continues to rise, information on patients who have been diagnosed or tested for the virus is incredibly valuable. Many healthcare organizations face the threat of unauthorized
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Hospital Execs Believe Their EMRs Will Fail to Meet Their Future Needs, Report Finds

by Fred Pennic 03/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Hospital Execs Believe Their EMRs Will Fail to Meet Their Future Needs, Report Finds

What You Need to Know: - New Sage Growth Partners report reveals more than a quarter (27 percent) of respondents believe their EMR will fail to meet their future needs. COOs are the most pessimistic (67 percent) followed by CEOs (37 percent), and CFOs (34 percent). - Hospital Technology Forecast 2020 market survey report reveals hospital leaders’ top health IT investment priorities, challenges, and opportunities. - 35 percent of hospital executives say if they could go back in time,
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