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Guide to a Proactive Healthcare Cybersecurity Stance

Healthcare IT Today

Cybersecurity risk assessments and analysis should be conducted at least annually and it should identify all assets that may process, store, or transmit sensitive data so that they can be secured.

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The Crucial Role of Dual Incident Response Playbooks in Healthcare Cybersecurity

Healthcare IT Today

Both plans adhere to the best practices defined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) incident response lifecycle, consisting of five stages: Preparation, Detection & Analysis, Containment, Eradication & Recovery, and Post-Incident Activity.

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

Healthcare IT Today

Why a Security Operations Center Makes Sense A security operations center (SOC) provides 24/7 continuous monitoring and analysis of an organization’s security posture, threat landscape, and incident response capabilities.

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ViVE 2024: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

Equity and access to digital health: Addressing disparities in access to technology and ensuring inclusive healthcare. Cybersecurity and data privacy: Protecting sensitive patient information in a digital environment. Specific Topics: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, AR/VR, and the metaverse in healthcare. Subscribe Today!

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CIO Podcast – Episode 55: Healthcare Security with Steven Ramirez

Healthcare IT Today

Next Ramirez shares what Renown Health’s cybersecurity looks like at a high level and how their third party vendors like Clearwater play into their strategy. We then move on by taking a look at where healthcare organizations are in the process of shifting their cybersecurity from firewalls to continuous risk analysis.

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Working Together for Stronger Healthcare Cybersecurity – A Look At 405(d)

Healthcare IT Today

There are new cybersecurity tools for protecting patient safety that every healthcare organization should know about. Pointing out that institutions usually underinvest in cybersecurity, Decker says that these two new assessment tools can help answer the question: “Does the investment lead to an outcome?”

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Don’t Let the Adversary Operate In Your Blind Spot

Healthcare IT Today

Identify every asset or system in the environment and continually perform a risk analysis to understand what risks are present. It is impossible to protect your data and the safety of your patients and employees without knowing what you must protect.