Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare sector has witnessed a series of sweeping changes that have transformed its digital landscape. From the rise of telemedicine to the increased integration of medical IoT … Read more
The importance of cybersecurity in the modern world cannot be understated. Over the last two years, we’ve seen cybercrime take off as criminals attempt to leverage pandemic fears and insecurities to steal money from the … Read more
A DIFFERENT KIND OF INFECTION COVID-19 has doctors and nurses spread thin, they are working around the clock, and trying to keep their overly crowded hospitals functioning in some orderly fashion amidst the chaos. The … Read more
As the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of telehealth as a primary method of healthcare has revealed that there are vulnerabilities of telehealth systems. This new development has turned the … Read more
The healthcare Industry contains private and sensitive information about millions of patients in every country. Therefore, it’s no wonder that in 2017, it was the target of over 50 percent of cyber-attacks. Loaded with identity-revealing … Read more
The healthcare industry has been particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity risks. The biggest data breaches in 2018 involved email, phishing attacks, and the misconfiguration of databases. One attack even lasted longer than a year. With so … Read more
Information Security is a growing concern across all Health and Human Services (HSS) agencies as well as hospitals, doctor offices and any organization dealing with Personal Identifiable Information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI). Specifically, … Read more
2014 is off to a rough start for healthcare when it comes to cybercrime. A SANS-Norse report stated that healthcare organizations are facing an “epidemic of compromises.”1 A two-year study by Essentia Health, which operates … Read more
