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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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CIO Podcast – Episode 55: Healthcare Security with Steven Ramirez

Healthcare IT Today

For the 55th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Steven Ramirez, VP & CISO at Renown Health to talk about healthcare security! We kick off the episode by discussing the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry today. We release a new CIO Podcast every ~2 weeks.

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

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: The Vive 2024 event is the premier event for Digital Health decision-makers, focusing on the business of healthcare. Equity and access to digital health: Addressing disparities in access to technology and ensuring inclusive healthcare. It will be held in Los Angeles, California from February 25 to 28, 2024.

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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.

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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?”