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Simple Basics Are Still Needed to Thwart Cyber Threats

Healthcare IT Today

Tom Stafford, Director, Healthcare Strategy at CDW , has a chance to talk with and advise a lot of healthcare organizations. One of the suggestions he shares regularly is in order to prepare for ransomware, do table-top exercises involving many departments, including senior leadership. Some help is coming.

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Five Things Hospitals Should Do Immediately to Improve their Cybersecurity Posture

Healthcare IT Today

Pushing phishing exercises to team members every month empowers them to apply what they’ve learned and ensure they don’t make mistakes. When mistakes happen in these exercises, they occur in a controlled environment where the risk is low, and the results can be used to inform future plans.

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Healthcare IT is Changing, Fast

Healthcare IT Today

Integrating AI engines into healthcare systems is critical. But integration is sure to be an ongoing development exercise. Without the luxury of complete clarity and to avoid being locked into a non-competitive AI solution, healthcare solutions must be designed to support the wholesale replacement of the AI engine.

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Healthcare Organizations at Risk: BYOD and Mobile Devices are Increasing Cybersecurity Concerns

Healthcare IT Today

Combine this with the use of a variety of complex medical devices and a workforce made up of not just direct employees but a variety of contractors and third-party practitioners and it’s easy to see why healthcare organizations have become the main targets of attack.

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Cybersecurity: Hoping for the Best, but Preparing for the Worst

Healthcare IT Today

We reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community for these answers. The following is what they had to say on how to stay safe and can be used as a little check list for your healthcare cybersecurity efforts. As a result, health IT administrators should be doubling down on ransomware recovery plans.