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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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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

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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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

Health Populi

looking back and looking forward to the future of cybersecurity in health care and some wisdom to help us manage that future world of risks. JSK: You moved into the Amedisys organization in 2018 as Chief Information Security Officer. For highly regulated industries like healthcare, cybersecurity and data protection go hand in hand.

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MedTech Breakthrough Awards Announced

Electronic Health Reporter

One of the most recognized annual awards programs in the world today—the MedTech Breakthrough—has recently announced the results of its 2018 awardees. Awards were given according to the following categories: medtech leadership, clinical and health administration, […].

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Healthcare Insights and Perspectives from Mac McMillan

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare is a major target of hackers since it's proven just as lucrative as other industries. In 2018, ransomware was 10% of cyber related losses. Good approach to cybersecurity. Thanks to Mac McMillan for all his done for the healthcare cybersecurity industry. hcplv22 @cynergistek. Now, it's 90%.

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Volume of Healthcare Threats, Especially Trojan Malware, Are Expanding

Healthcare IT Today

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 […].