Privacy & Security

Healthcare organizations interact with massive amounts of data, from protected health information (PHI) to sensitive financial information. This data is at risk of exposure through human error, internal leaks, or attacks by hackers.

The company announced on Patch Tuesday that among 90 CVEs for August – including six zero-day exploits – the Azure Connected Machine Agent had a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Healthcare organizations will need to go through a three-step process to achieve post-quantum safety: Discover, observe and transform, says Scott Crowder, vice president of IBM's quantum-safe adoption team.  

For many healthcare organizations (HCOs) working in a cloud environment, data visibility issues can present a challenge to maintaining regulatory compliance. ClearDATA’s CyberHealth™ Platform provides a real-time overview of an HCO’s data landscape, and its automated safeguards and controls with remediation steps enhance data security and compliance in the cloud.

Healthcare facility security teams are tasked with guarding staff and patients, securing valuables, protecting data, and managing emergencies 24/7 while also maintaining regulatory compliance.

According to an IQVIA study, U.S. patients made 10 times more digital health visits in March 2021 than March 2020, showing that patients have come to appreciate telehealth’s speed and service. Adopting omnichannel patient communications enables healthcare organizations (HCOs) to connect with patients according to their communication preferences.

ITAD services offer secure, compliant handling of obsolete equipment.

It is now working toward its Stage 7 validation.

The sophisticated ransomware group, aka the Cybersecurity Team, is auctioning "impressive" data if the Delaware health system does not pay the 25 Bitcoin ransom.

Lisa Hanselmann, Inria's European project manager, talks about how the FLUTE project is building a GDPR-compliant federated learning platform to allow researchers to share both real-world and synthetic data on prostate cancer.