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

Hackers in Healthcare: What Damage Could They Do With Your Medical Data?

by Erica Garvin 03/05/2019 Leave a Comment

Hackers in Healthcare: What Damage Could They Do With Your Medical Data?

Conversa Health’s Scott Anderson provides a brief take on the state of data security in healthcare.The wave that is big-data doesn’t appear to be cresting in healthcare anytime soon, and unfortunately, neither are the threats waged against it. Hijacking and hacking into personal health information (PHI) has become a growing trend that’s here to stay. So, the question remains: what should be done about it?The last couple of years have unveiled a fair share of data breaches in healthcare: in 2017,
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Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Startup Cynerio Raises $7M to Expand Fraud Platform in U.S.

by Jasmine Pennic 01/09/2019 Leave a Comment

Cynerio Raises $7M to Tackle Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Fraud in U.S.

Cynerio, a New York-based provider of medical device and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) security selections, today announced it has raised $7 million in funding from investors Accelmed, RDC; and MTIP. The company will use the funding to help fuel growth in North America for its 100% healthcare focused cybersecurity platform.Founded in 2017, Cynerio’s IoMT fraud detection platform analyzes the medical workflows in the IoMT ecosystem, to automatically discover all the entities on the network,
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BlackBerry Named HIMSS Analytics Certified Consultant to Guides Organizations Through Stages of INFRAM

by Jasmine Pennic 11/29/2018 Leave a Comment

BlackBerry Named HIMSS Analytics Certified Consultant to Guides Organizations Through Stages of INFRAM

Today, BlackBerry announced it has become a HIMSS Analytics Certified Consultant to guide healthcare organizations through the stages of the Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), as well as ERAM. Professionally trained on the INFRAM, BlackBerry’s cybersecurity experts can assess a healthcare organization’s infrastructure architecture and help them achieve their desired INFRAM score.Understanding Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM)Similar to the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record
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Top 10 Challenges, Issues and Opportunities for Healthcare Executives in 2019

by Jasmine Pennic 09/28/2018 Leave a Comment

Top 10 Challenges, Issues and Opportunities for Healthcare Executives in 2019

After 2.5 days of thought leadership discussions during its 30th Anniversary Annual Forum, executive participants of the HealthCare Executive Group (HCEG) voted on and ranked the 2019 HCEG Top 10 critical challenges, issues and opportunities they expect to face in their organizations in the coming year. Background/MethodologyThe rankings were developed in partnership with Change Healthcare and have been published for the last seven years. Executives from the payer, provider, and technology
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How Blockchain Technology Could Help Prevent Medical Fraud

by Kayla Matthews, Contributing Writer 07/10/2018 Leave a Comment

How Blockchain Technology Could Help Prevent Medical Fraud

Most people know blockchain as the transaction ledger associated with cryptocurrency transactions. However, evidence suggests a specific use for it that applies to health professionals — reducing medical fraud. Blockchain’s Innate Characteristics May Cut Down on FraudIndividuals think blockchain shows promise for minimizing fraud in medicine because of some of the features it offers. For example, many fraudulent practices in the health industry and elsewhere begin when people manipulate or
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Protecting Medical Device Security in the Age of Ransomware

by Kayla Matthews, Contributing Writer 06/25/2018 Leave a Comment

Protecting Medical Device Security in the Age of Ransomware

From medication pumps to pacemakers, people depend on lifesaving devices to live their healthiest possible lives and manage chronic ailments. Many of those patients likely hear about cybercriminals orchestrating massive data breaches, and might get concerned about one of those incidents compromising their information.However, they probably haven’t considered the hackers might target the devices in their bodies or the ones they otherwise use for better well-being.Hospitals Must Pay Attention to
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Global Healthcare Cybersecurity Spending Expected to Exceed $65B Over 5 Years

by Fred Pennic 05/16/2018 Leave a Comment

Global Healthcare Cybersecurity Spending Expected to Exceed $65B Over 5 Years_Security Data Breaches_Ransomware

Global healthcare cybersecurity spending is expected to exceed over $65 billion dollars over the next five years, according to Black Book’s annual healthcare cybersecurity survey. According to 88 percent of hospital representatives surveyed, IT security budgets have remained level since 2016. As a percentage of IT organizational budgets, cybersecurity has decreased to about three percent of the total annual IT spend.Budget constraints have encumbered the practice of replacing legacy software and
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5 Tips for Protecting Your IoT-enabled Medical Devices

by Dan L. Dodson, President at Fortified Health Security 04/26/2018 Leave a Comment

5 Tips for Protecting Your IoT-enabled Medical Devices

Research shows us that security breaches can greatly impact a healthcare organization’s reputation. Unfortunately, healthcare leaders are stuck in the cross hairs of consumers and hackers. While consumers want transparency, access to information and assurance their personal information will remain safe, hackers are busy compromising patient information at a faster speed than ever before.As healthcare IT organizations strive to become more accessible and “open” to support patient engagement
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Evolving Hacker Behaviors to Disrupt Healthcare Services

by Dr. May Wang, CTO at ZingBox & Dr. Maia Hightower, CMIO at Iowa University Health Care 04/25/2018 Leave a Comment

Healthcare Cyber Hygiene: 5 Best Practices to Protect Patient Data _Cybercrime in Healthcare_Infographic: History of Security Data Breaches in Healthcare

Most people don’t spend much time thinking about what complex organizations hospitals are. Whether anticipating the joyful arrival of a newborn baby or worrying about an unexpected illness or injury, hospital visitors aren’t usually thinking about cybersecurity. Even most hospital employees only see a piece of the big picture, with little reason to consider operational risk.But lots of people are indeed losing sleep over cyber threats to patient safety —  IT administrators and clinical engineers
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7 Things Healthcare Organizations Need to Know About GDPR

by Reg Harnish, CEO of GreyCastle Security 03/21/2018 Leave a Comment

7 Things Healthcare Organizations Need to Know About GDPR

Since the arrival of HIPAA more 20 years ago, healthcare organizations and professionals have become painfully aware of the price for not safeguarding private medical information.In fact, more than 171,000 privacy rule complaints have been recorded since 2003, resulting in millions upon millions of fines. Three data breaches in 2013 cost Advocate Health System $5.5 million, while New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University paid a combined $4.8 million to settle charges from a 2010
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