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Ransomware, Cloud, and Phishing: Decoding this Year’s Cybersecurity Landscape

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jason Griffin, MBA, CISM, Managing Director of Digital Health Strategy and Cyber Security Practice Leader at Nordic Consulting Over my 25-plus years working in healthcare information technology, I’ve witnessed firsthand the exponential growth of the threat landscape.

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How to Address Security Issues in IoT Devices – Cybersecurity

Healthcare IT Today

According to a report by Vantage Market Research, the Global IoT in Healthcare Market is currently valued at USD 73.5 Cyber resiliency is an important aspect of healthcare information technology and focuses on the ability of systems to withstand, recover and adapt to different types of failures, threats, and attacks.

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OCR: HIPAA Security Rule Compliance Can Prevent and Mitigate Most Cyberattacks

HIPAA Journal

The initial access to healthcare networks is gained via tried and tested methods such as phishing attacks and the exploitation of known vulnerabilities and weak authentication protocols, rather than exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities. Phishing is one of the commonest ways that cyber actors gain a foothold in healthcare networks.

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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

Privacy and security start with each user, so it is critical for staff to understand how to identify and avoid privacy or security issues, such as ransomware or phishing attempts. About Zack Tisch Zack Tisch is the Senior Vice President of Innovation and Life Sciences at Pivot Point Consulting.

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Internet of Things in Healthcare Interoperability and Security Issues

Compliancy Group

Mitigating Security and Privacy Issues With IoT in Healthcare The integration of IoT isn’t anything new, but for businesses that don’t prioritize security and privacy , it can be difficult to monitor and properly maintain.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hamilton at AllianceChicago says the global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted expectations regarding the approach and process health IT professionals follow to identify, select and deploy healthcare information technology tools. " Ransomware and zero-day attacks are on the rise.

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Censinet Secures $9M in New Funding to Accelerate Third Party Risk Management in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Censinet’s mission is to take the risk out of healthcare,” said Ed Gaudet, CEO and Founder at Censinet. With the number of breaches escalating and ransomware now a direct threat to patient safety, the need for the healthcare industry to transform cyber risk management has never been more urgent.