To protect healthcare organizations and minimize the risk of breaches, software development companies must stay vigilant regarding the biggest vulnerability of any digital system: the users. Here are some ways to minimize irresponsible digital behavior and some tools to enhance the security of medical digital systems.
It has become standard practice for healthcare organizations to focus on identifying and stopping external threats to the privacy and security of data, but one often overlooked risk may be right inside your offices — snooping employees and malicious insider threats.
3D medical animation services have emerged as a groundbreaking tool in the healthcare industry, revolutionizing the way medical concepts are taught, understood, and marketed.
Healthcare organizations must ensure that every solution incorporated into the connected ecosystem is designed and tested to validate that it is secure, compliant, and performs as expected.
Learn how to identify bad actors from instigating cyber attacks and what stakeholders are doing at the regional and national levels to address this crisis.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced it is partnering with Cyversity, a nonprofit working to create a diverse and inclusive workforce in the cybersecurity field. The two organizations are forming a training and mentorship program available to Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies and Cyversity members.
As companies review their processes, below are three approaches they can keep top of mind — namely, increasing employee training and utilizing technology as safeguards, making a point to learn and change processes following attacks, and prioritizing vetting partners’ security.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
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 […]
Prevention and cyber resiliency—an organization’s ability to bounce back and operate in the event of a cyber attack—have become all the more important as cyber threats have increased during the pandemic.
This outbreak has shown us that we need to be much faster, more nimble and better prepared to confidently share health data across organizations.
Cybersecurity issues on any device are scary enough. A frightening new report from WhiteScope shows security vulnerabilities in pacemaker systems aren't as rare as one might think.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
This infographic illustrates the risks involved, spells out the major areas of concern and shows where medical device companies and providers can step up to prevent more breach scares moving forward.
We thought for months that China was behind the hackers who stole records from Anthem, Premera Blue Cross and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. We assumed they just wanted money or diplomatic leverage. Boy, were we wrong.
With the mandate from government across the healthcare industry to start putting all medical records online, more attention is being given to the protection of Personal Health Information (PHI). You can draw obvious conclusions about how personal and sensitive information could be misused if improperly disclosed. Some fear that it might be used to deny […]
Remember when you first heard about phishing? And you had to evaluate every e-mail and wonder who it was really from? A list of medical device security risks in a new report from Deloitte Center for Health Solutions reads like a the risks that Web sites and network managers faced in the mid-2000s. Now that […]
According to Reuters, Barnaby Jack, the director of Embedded Security Research at IOActive, has died in San Francisco. He was to give a talk about the wireless cyber threats surrounding pacemakers and ICDs titled “Implantable Medical Devices: Hacking Humans” at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas next week. From Jack’s summary of the presentation: […]