Privacy & Security

This week's top stories include SCOTUS striking down a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, while upholding another one for healthcare workers at facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, and warnings of threat actors leveraging flaws in Log4J.

Dr. Dan Golder discusses how he believes TEFCA implementation will affect organizations at multiple levels of the healthcare industry.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced this week that the vision-coverage benefits provider had also agreed to enact a series of measures to protect customer information.

Meanwhile, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says "every organization in the United States" is at risk from cyber threats.

The hack allegedly involves the personal data of over 20,000 people.

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, some of the data belonged to "highly vulnerable" individuals, including missing persons and their families.

This week's top stories include an alert about Russian state-sponsored cyber operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, including healthcare orgs, and Massachusetts emergency orders aiming to help ease critical staffing shortages.

The ECRI Institute's annual report from its Device Evaluation Program reflects enduring ramifications of the pandemic and cautions healthcare leaders about maintaining connectivity.

Why a digital signature is not enough.

In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, panelists from the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and affiliated federal agencies offer their perspectives on threat landscapes.