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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chris Bowen, Founder and CISO at ClearDATA The recent Cybersecurity concept paper from HHS, while a gesture towards progress, falls critically short of what’s imperative in today’s climate. It’s time for HHS to mandate and enforce rigorous, prescriptive cybersecurity standards.

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A Concerning Gap in Cybersecurity for Medical Technology

Health Populi

However, there’s a disconnect between these sanguine perceptions about cybersecurity versus the actual solutions in place, Zingbox found. based healthcare IT leaders for the survey in October 2018. Department of Health and Human Services launched the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.

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Why Is Cybersecurity In Healthcare Still Struggling?

Electronic Health Reporter

It’s mostly not news to anyone anymore (at least to those within cybersecurity and healthcare circles) that healthcare is heavily vulnerable to cyberattacks. In 2018, the healthcare industry received about twice the number of attacks […]. The article Why Is Cybersecurity In Healthcare Still Struggling?

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Recent HHS Settlement Underscores the Importance Compliance Plays in Cybersecurity

Healthcare IT Today

In this ever-evolving space, it is critical that our health care system take steps to identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities along with proactively and regularly review risks, records, and update policies. In 2018, AMCA suffered a breach affecting 21 million patients.

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Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector

Healthcare IT Today

Unsurprisingly, a recent Gartner Peer Insights survey – Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Industry – also showed that nearly half of participating healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach in the past two years. Require MFA to Defeat Phishing Human error is one of the biggest cybersecurity challenges.

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A Prescription for Better Healthcare Cybersecurity Strategies In 2019

Electronic Health Reporter

I hope healthcare organizations delivered lots of TUMS and Advil to their beleaguered cybersecurity teams as a holiday bonus in 2018 – and maybe even a masseuse! The article A Prescription for Better Healthcare Cybersecurity Strategies In 2019 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Addressing Patient Health Information In-Security at HIMSS 2018

Health Populi

Privacy and cybersecurity ranked the second highest priority to hospitals and healthcare providers polled in HIMSS 2018 Healthcare Leadership Survey. In January 2018, over 400,000 patient records were breached. The second bar chart shows records breached by month from August 2017 through January 2018.