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Privacy & Security
By Diana Manos | 10:59 am | November 16, 2018
While the number of overall data breaches is down, incidents involving 100 million or more records continue to be a concern, a new report found.
Privacy & Security
By Mike Miliard | 01:11 pm | November 15, 2018
Informatics group said the blurring lines between consumer and medical information systems demands privacy policies relevant to both sides.
Privacy & Security
By Diana Manos | 10:06 am | November 15, 2018
HHS said it is looking to remove regulatory barriers to health information sharing and the plan just took a first step.
Privacy & Security
01:11 pm | November 08, 2018
Last year’s WannaCry ransomware attack on the UK health service did more than expose weaknesses in healthcare cyber resilience – it also highlighted weaknesses in emergency responses to healthcare cyber attacks.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:59 pm | November 05, 2018
The Attorney General also banned the former business associate of Virtua Medical Group from doing business in the state for accidentally uploading 1,654 patient files to an FTP server left open to the public.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:27 pm | November 02, 2018
Introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden, the Consumer Data Protection Act overhauls internet privacy protections and gives FTC the authority to create standards and penalize law-breakers.
Privacy & Security
By Tom Sullivan | 11:15 am | October 30, 2018
Synthetic ID theft, infosec dashboards, the real weakest link and more factored into the security conversation during October.  
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 06:03 pm | October 29, 2018
Hackers can perform synthetic identify theft long after a cybersecurity event by piecing together data to conduct medical and insurance fraud.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:14 pm | October 25, 2018
While investigating one phishing attack in August, medical center officials discovered a hacker had access to three accounts for more than a month.
IT Infrastructure
By Mike Miliard | 12:41 pm | October 25, 2018
The Infrastructure Adoption Model helps hospitals and health systems benchmark how their IT systems stack up with mobility, security, collaboration, transport and data warehousing.