Privacy & Security

Medical devices must be managed from a security perspective, but also from an operational perspective. Using analytics to establish behavior baselines helps support risk assessments, find malfunctions and enhance staff productivity.

Dr Saif Abed, founding partner of health IT consultancy AbedGraham, looks at the new 10-year plan for the National Health Service in England.

Tom Leary highlights milestones made during the annual event and looks at this year’s NHITWeek points of engagement.

Penn Medicine’s Dan Costantino recommends hospitals to get ahead of the issue, understand scope, and implement layers of cybersecurity to start.

Even with fortified defenses, attackers only need an opening while the defender must be constantly on-guard; just one mistake opens the point of entry.

After all the cybersecurity threats and events in the last 12 months, infosec teams should focus on these priorities as they craft strategies into the future.

Chief information officer Mike Restuccia revisits past predictions and builds on recent developments on what's ahead for the new year. 

Affected systems include Windows, Linux, Android, Chrome, iOS and MacOS but the good news is there is a public exploit code to test your system for vulnerabilities.

The healthcare sector is improving its cybersecurity practices but as a whole, much more needs to be done.

Patients are now choosing healthcare providers who focus on protecting their information.