The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, or HC3, warned this week about a new ransomware that has a shared encryption feature designed to entice ransomware with the promise of streamlined data recovery. Meanwhile, the…
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At HIMSS 23 we chatted with Steve Cagle, CEO of Clearwater, to discuss their latest announcement. Clearwater has received a patent for their groundbreaking predictive risk rating technology, a feature integrated into their software….
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Rural Healthcare Organizations Need Security Support
Healthcare access is already a challenge for rural communities across the country. The threat of a cyberattack is yet another immense weight for these independent health systems to juggle.
Many…
Blackbaud served 35,000 nonprofit fundraising entities, including many healthcare organizations, when it was infected in 2020 with ransomware and data – personally identifiable information and protected health information like admission and discharge dates and…
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The following is a guest article by Jonathan Goldberger, Senior Vice President, Security Practices & Strategic Sales at TPx
Hospitals face the threat of cyberattacks daily and each attack threatens the hospital’s public brand and,…
Cybersecurity Gets Better When It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
There’s a statistic that holds true across industries: more than 80 percent of breaches are unintentional, meaning that people cause them accidentally. No matter what controls are in…
A vCISO usually works offsite, away from the rest of an organization, notes Jason Kemmerer, solution architect at Forcepoint.“A virtual CISO is an executive who is responsible for the oversight of an organization’s security…
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The following is a guest article by Sam Manjarres, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Identity Security at WatchGuard
The healthcare industry is increasingly in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. In 2022, as cyberattacks globally rose by 38%…
Rebecca Gazda, Sr Director of Labs at DNSFilter
There’s no denying it – the need for stronger cyber defense is urgent. More ransomware attacks targeted healthcare in 2022 than any other critical infrastructure sector, according…
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Ransomware has affected healthcare for decades, but organizations have become increasingly vulnerable as attackers have become brazen and more sophisticated.
There’s a financial and reputational impact: One health system had to settle with 126,000 patients…
