Data Warehousing

A member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Federal Trade Commission official have called for greater protections against and notifications of ransomware attacks – and bolstered cybersecurity for healthcare overall.

The Office for Civil Rights has launched a new round of HIPAA audits. Will the program succeed in improving privacy and security practices and protecting patient data? Or could it have the opposite impact?  

LAS VEGAS – Commvault, an enterprise data protection and information management technology provider, launched at HIMSS16 its Commvault Clinical Archive, a system designed to modernize the way healthcare organizations manage, migrate and share clinical data.

The same week the Hollywood Presbyterian attack was making headlines around the world,  another species of ransomware – aptly named "Locky" – was first observed in the wild.

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A high percentage of IT workers admit to not following the same security protocols they are expected to enforce, according to a new survey conducted across the United States by Absolute, a Canadian security firm.

Ransomware attack had locked out administrators unless they agreed to the demand of 40 Bitcoins.

Only a few days remain to submit speaker and session proposals for the Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum, which will be held in San Francisco June 14 and 15.

New rules are anticipated to allow organizations -- those approved as qualified entities -- to confidentially share or sell analyses of the data.

Only a few days remain to submit a speaking proposal for the HIMSS and Healthcare IT News Privacy & Security Forum in Los Angeles, May 11-12.