The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report assesses the legacy of WannaCry ransomware two years on. Also featured: the evolving role of healthcare CISOs; threat mitigation recommendations based on the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report.
A ransomware attack reported by a business associate that impacted more than three dozen clients and nearly 207,000 individuals is among the latest incidents added to the Department of Health and Human Services' data breach tally. Here's the latest health data breach tracking update.
Guided by a "human-centered" principle, there is nothing more critical to Tri-Counties Regional Center (TCRC), than protecting and promoting the lives of those with developmental disabilities. That is why TCRC proactively secures Personal Health Information (PHI) to protect the people behind that information. Critical...
In 2018, the Identity Theft Resource Center counted 1,244 U.S. data breaches - involving the likes of Facebook, Marriott and Exactis - that exposed 447 million sensitive records, such as Social Security numbers, medical diagnoses and payment card data.
The digital revolution has given healthcare organizations new tools to increase team efficiency and improve their customer experience. But it's also opened up new vectors that cybercriminals can use to attack. As your attack surface expands to infrastructure that you don't own or control, becomes increasingly...
The digital revolution has given healthcare organizations new tools to increase team efficiency and improve their customer experience. But it's also opened up new vectors that cybercriminals can use to attack. As your attack surface expands to web infrastructure that you don't own or control, it becomes increasingly...
The digital revolution has given healthcare organizations new tools to increase team efficiency and improve their customer experience. But it's also opened up new vectors that cybercriminals can use to attack. As your attack surface expands to web infrastructure that you don't own or control, it becomes increasingly...
Patient identity management is the prescription for improving remote patient access, portal adoption and patient satisfaction. Forward-thinking enterprises have realized that integrated proven strategies for identity management are a significant factor in success for both patients and providers.
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Following the HHS OCR presentation, a panel of CISOs and regulatory and legal experts will dig into how major health data breach trends are changing, and why. For instance:
What lessons can be learned from some of the latest breach trends, including the steady surge in reported hacker incidents
Cybercriminals,...
Some of the biggest health data breaches - including headliner Wall of Shame breaches in 2018 - are due to insiders who click on phishing emails, and fall for business email compromise scams. While there is also plenty of record snooping by insiders, healthcare also has its share of malicious bad actors looking to...
Healthcare is the 2nd biggest contributing industry to overall breaches in 2017 with 334 breaches. Data breaches are crippling to any business, but are extra hard on healthcare organizations, considering the vast amount of sensitive information consumers trust them with and the irreparable damage to reputation that...
Breaches and other cyber incidents involving business associates and other vendors can have a devastating impact. What can healthcare sector entities do to reduce and better manage those risks? Our panel of CISOs and other experts will explore:
The growing risks posed by vendors
Challenges involving cloud vendors...
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