healthcare

Armor helps streamline HITRUST certification
As the healthcare industry continues to be a major cybercrime target, compliance has gained even more significance. HITRUST certification has emerged as the benchmark for …

UK universities hit repeatedly with ransomware, one over 21 times!
63 percent of UK universities have been hit by ransomware – most of them multiple times, and Bournemouth University a total of 21 times in the last year, SentinelOne has …

Healthcare cybersecurity market flooded with solutions
Hospitals face heightened concerns due to ubiquitous cyber-attacks that threaten the privacy and security of their data assets and enterprise IT systems. Theft of protected …

Is your business still HIPAA compliant after the 2016 federal changes?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) warned healthcare professionals and their business associates of its intention to launch …

Why are hackers increasingly targeting the healthcare industry?
Cyber-attacks in the healthcare environment are on the rise, with recent research suggesting that critical healthcare systems could be vulnerable to attack. In general, the …

Healthcare needs a data centric security approach
With increasing attacks on PHI data, coupled with more stringent data security requirements and regular audits, organizations should act now – before it’s too late. A recent …

Healthcare under attack! 89% of organizations experienced data breaches
It’s a turbulent time for the healthcare industry: patient data is under siege and hospitals are big targets for cyber attacks, according to the Ponemon Institute. Mistakes …

Healthcare industry has an alarming mobile security gap
The healthcare industry is massively adopting smart mobile devices, but still moves very slowly when it comes to implementing cyber security measures to protect those devices. …

Samas ransomware enters hospitals through vulnerable servers
There’s hardly a day anymore that we don’t hear about a hospital being hit with ransomware. But while most have been infected via phishing emails carrying or …

NIST security standard to protect credit cards, health information
For many years, when you swiped your credit card, your number would be stored on the card reader, making encryption difficult to implement. Now, after nearly a decade of …

1,400+ vulnerabilities found in automated medical supply system
Security researchers have discovered 1,418 vulnerabilities in CareFusion’s Pyxis SupplyStation system – automated cabinets used to dispense medical supplies …

How a digital pathology solution secures patient data
Dutch tech company Philips recently announced that its digital pathology solutions have been certified for compliance with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security …
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