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

Healthcare IT Today

Protecting a hospital’s IT assets and patient information has always been a monumental task, but the above factors make a strong case for adopting a security operations center. SOCs do much more than monitoring, tackling such disciplines as threat intelligence gathering, vulnerability assessment, incident detection, response, and recovery.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

Some of the steps that healthcare organizations should be following to protect their data include: Stay informed by monitoring updates from reliable sources like Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center (HISAC) at [link]. Maintain personal health records for accessibility during system downtime.

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