When it comes to securing devices, businesses are facing quite the challenge. 90% of IT security pros find that connected devices will be a major security issue this year and for medical devices, the picture is looking even harder.
Recently, Feinstein Institute, a research institution, agreed to pay $3.9 million for a HIPAA settlement; after a 2012 OCR health data breach investigation. A costly expense that could have been avoided if the institution had set up a holistic information security posture to cover all their bases.
Every business has cybersecurity concerns, but one industry that has been seeing the worst of it and that seems to be the least prepared with data security is healthcare. Recent industry studies and cyberattacks to healthcare organizations, only three months into a new year, raise even more concerns…
Year after year, it becomes quite clear how valuable sensitive data; an organization’s network and systems; remote device access and control are to hackers. The move to a connected online world has made businesses of all types targets. This is why information security and risk management are so important, but right now the good guys are losing…
More than one study reveal the trouble the healthcare industry continues having when it comes to information security and taking threats seriously. A brief outline of the different findings (from three separate surveys) can help to spotlight some of the issues at hand.