Privacy & Security

HC3 researchers say these hacks – where new vulnerabilities are exploited before a patch can be applied – are on the rise.  

The information security officer at St. Joseph's Health offers some tips and best practices for safeguarding against third-party breaches.

New cyber threats target healthcare organizations every day. Errol Weiss, chief security officer of Health-ISAC, talks about how to prevent them.

This week's top stories include a finding that tools such as wearables and apps may not be effective for people in low socioeconomic status groups, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security streamlines its hiring process.

Harmony Healthcare IT offers legacy management for records retention.

The bad actors are exploiting known vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet, the agency said.

The Southern Ohio Medical Center still faced complications nearly a week after an unauthorized third party gained access to its servers.

Consensus Clarity uses NLP to transform a fax into digital components to be added to an EHR, according to John Nebergall, Consensus Cloud Solutions' chief operating officer.

Jacki Monson, who is also chief technology risk officer and chief privacy officer at Sutter, previews her HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum virtual session – where she'll discuss stakeholder alignment and "privacy and security by design."

Employees hired through the system will join what the agency is calling the Cybersecurity Service, "the nation's pre-eminent federal cybersecurity team."