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Why Human Error is Just as Risky As Ransomware for Healthcare Cybersecurity

Healthcare IT Today

In all, cyberattacks on healthcare more than doubled last year, with ransomware making up 28% of those attacks. But healthcare IT leaders have another cybersecurity challenge to overcome: human error. According to Verizon’s 2021 Data […].

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2021 Security Review: Key Takeaways & Practical Cybersecurity Insights

Healthcare IT Today

In a recent virtual meetup Healthcare IT Today did with Proofpoint, we took a look back at the year that was 2021 when it comes to cybersecurity. The speakers shared some of their key takeaways and learnings from this last year and offered some practical insights for healthcare CISOs and CIOs that are looking at […].

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

Healthcare IT Today

Today, that figure is nearly 79%, which means that bad actors are specifically targeting the healthcare industry. The need for security extends outside the four walls of the hospital — breaches attributed to business associates (BAs) increased from 15% in 2021 to 18% in 2022.

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Cyber Attacks on Enterprise Healthcare Organizations Focusing on Operations

Healthcare IT Today

Enterprise healthcare environments faced some unique cybersecurity threats, according to Radware’s 2021 Q1 DDoS Attack Report, which provides an overview of cyberattack activity experienced by a cross section of Radware’s clients during the first quarter of the calendar year 2021. It […].

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.

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Driving Innovation in Healthcare: How an Ecosystem Approach to IoMT has the Potential to Transform Patient Care and Cost Management

Healthcare IT Today

of physicians had experienced burnout at least once in 2021, and the World Health Organization estimates that healthcare staffing shortages will reach 10 million by 2030. Workflow Considerations are Essential Provider burnout continues to rise, with research published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings concluding that 62.8%

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Healthcare Security with Leon Lerman, CEO of Cynerio

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare is filled with cybersecurity risks. Along with these, we are also seeing device proliferation in healthcare organizations which […].