Two months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, medical providers say they’re still grappling with the fallout, even though UnitedHealth told shareholders on Tuesday that business is largely back to normal.
HHS recently published guidance outlining voluntary cybersecurity performance goals for the healthcare sector. Taylor Lehmann, a cybersecurity executive at Google Cloud, noted that "what is on HHS paper will most likely become what is in the actual final rulemaking or new regulatory requirements that become law."
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Many hospitals remain underprepared to protect themselves against cybercriminals’ barrage of increasingly sophisticated attacks, but there are a couple concrete steps they can take to build a stronger defense structure — like virtual patching and thinking twice about moving to the cloud.
As health systems shore up their defenses against cybercriminals, they should openly communicate with their third-party vendors about data security risks and work together to actively manage those risks. That was some of the advice given by Aaron Miri, Baptist Health’s chief digital and information officer, during a Tuesday webinar.
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently issued a report letting healthcare organizations know that they are still being heavily targeted by KillNet, a Russian group of cybercriminals. The number of daily attacks KillNet waged against healthcare organizations using Microsoft Azure increased significantly between November 18 and February 17 — from 10-20 attacks per day in November to 40-60 attacks per day in February.
Critical applications, medical devices, protected health information (PHI), patient safety, and lives are all at risk when extended downtime occurs. The question is, are you and your team prepared?
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The healthcare industry has been reported as the second most targeted industry from cyberattacks. Following the business sector, healthcare sees the largest number of threats designed to specifically target their data. Why? The answer blends target-rich opportunities, due to the sheer number of internet-connected devices in use, and a significant number of endpoints that remain inadequately secured. This combination […]
While overall spending may not yet correspond to the totality of the cybersecurity threat landscape, asset management has emerged as a primary area of opportunity for hospitals and healthcare systems to invest in as they ‘up’ their cybersecurity game and put greater emphasis on risk reduction.
This outbreak has shown us that we need to be much faster, more nimble and better prepared to confidently share health data across organizations.
Thirty-six percent of health institutions were unable to deliver patient care for at least five hours because of a cyberattack, according to a 2019 AMA Accenture Medical Cybersecurity Survey.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
The time has passed for tabletop exercises and carefully crafted policies about cybersecurity. We are in the fight now.
These new data privacy rules – covering the previous gaps – present an opportunity for healthcare industry organizations to enhance the trust within their data relationships.
If you work in a hospital and you’re not a security professional, IT professional, or executive, you probably never even think about cybersecurity. And that’s exactly the problem.
Whether you’re in product security, an R&D engineer or part of information security, there are five critical considerations to heed when implementing industry-leading practices.
Healthcare is behind the curve when it comes to cybersecurity and so it would be wise to learn what is working and what isn't in overall cybersecurity trends.