Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

Before 2018, hacking accounted for fewer than 50% of all breaches. Today, that figure is nearly 79%, which means that bad actors are specifically targeting the healthcare industry. Last year, 699 breaches affected 51.4

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

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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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Each data security breach imposes significant reputational and business costs on companies, so fortifying cybersecurity vulnerabilities and protecting against ransomware attacks has become a top business priority. 406 Ventures , and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today has been a partner with the HCP Conferences for a while now, but this week was the first time I was able to attend in person. The event has a unique reverse expo format where the health IT professionals sit at tables and the vendors go around visiting the tables. In 2018, ransomware was 10% of cyber related losses.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 and will ask Congress for new laws and resources to increase civil money penalties for HIPAA violations, increase HIPAA enforcement, and conduct proactive audits.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Healthcare organizations that have a track record for compliance failures often suffer from long-term backlash. In extreme cases, a healthcare breach can bankrupt a business, as was the case with the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). In 2018, AMCA suffered a breach affecting 21 million patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A new report by a security vendor says that it has seen a big increase in the volume of threats against healthcare organizations during the first three quarters of this year. The report, by Malwarebytes, says that it saw a 60% increase of threats at healthcare organizations when comparing all of 2018 with just the […].

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