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Working From Home Exposes New Billing Data Security Threats

April 9, 2020 - Organizations are facing significant data security risks as stay-at-home orders increase and the first major remote billing cycle is carried out remotely, according to the Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM).  Thousands of US companies are leaning on employees who are unfamiliar with carrying out their jobs at home and using untracked...


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Blockchain Technology Marketplace Expected to Reach $500M by 2022

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Global blockchain technology complements healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) - based marketplace offerings, and is expected to cross $500 million by 2022 at a compound...

Senator Sends Letter to TridentUSA on PACS Server Security Lapses

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Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter Sept. 23 to TridentUSA seeking information about the storage of medical images on unsecured picture archiving and communication system (PACS) servers by its...

Healthcare IT Network Harbors Most Prominent Vulnerabilities

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The healthcare IT network harbors the most prominent vulnerabilities in healthcare organizations, judged 232 healthcare security decision makers surveyed by Vanson Bourne on behalf of security firm...

Reports of Healthcare IT Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Surge 341%

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Reports of vulnerabilities in healthcare IT infrastructure increased 341 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to a recent study by Bugcrowd. The study, the State of Healthcare Cybersecurity 2019,...

Windows Upgrade Led to Unsecured Health Data Transfers at VA Center

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An upgrade of a VA medical center’s operating system to Windows 7 led to the transfer of sensitive information using unsecured means for four years, an audit by the Department of Veterans...

Browser Flaws Exposed Local Area Networks at Health, Drug Firms

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Vulnerabilities in Chrome and Firefox browser extensions enabled attackers to access local area networks (LANs) of several healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, according to a report by security...

Remote Attacker Could Manipulate GE Healthcare Medical Devices

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GE Healthcare anesthesia and respiratory medical devices have a firmware vulnerability that could endanger patients by enabling a remote attacker to silence device alarms, alter time and date records,...

Many Executives Lack Confidence in Healthcare IoT Security, Privacy

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Only 37 percent of healthcare executives are “very confident” that they are building sufficient security and privacy controls into their healthcare IoT deployments, according to a survey by...

Insiders Pose Biggest Security Threat to Healthcare Industry

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Insiders pose the biggest security threat to healthcare organizations, according to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). A disturbing 60 percent of data breaches involved...

More Government Investment in Health Security Infrastructure Needed

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The National Health Security Preparedness Index report called on federal, state, and local governments to increase funding for health security infrastructure projects, after a 20-year decline in...

Organizations See 878% Health Data Growth Rate Since 2016

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Healthcare organizations have seen an explosive health data growth rate of 878 percent since 2016, reaching 8.41 petabytes (PB) on average in 2018, according statistics compiled by Dell EMC. The scale...

One-Quarter of Medical Devices Still Running Outdated Windows 7

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More than a quarter of medical devices are running Windows 7, which will no longer be supported by Microsoft after January 14 of next year, according to a survey of 600 global healthcare IT...

Healthcare Internet of Things Can Expose Networks, Data to Attacks

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The proliferation of healthcare internet of things (IoT) has exposed a vulnerable attack surface that can be exploited by cybercriminals determined to steal PHI and disrupt healthcare delivery, warned...

HHS IT Security Program “Not Effective,” Says OIG FISMA Audit

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HHS OIG has determined that the department’s IT security program was “not effective” because it did not meet security levels required by the Federal Information Security Modernization...

DICOM Standard Flaw Could Compromise Medical Device Security

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A flaw in the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard could compromise medical device security and be used by attackers to embed malware in medical images, warned...

Network, Cloud Monitoring Is Healthcare Cybersecurity Challenge

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Monitoring of networks, endpoints, and cloud assets is a continuing cybersecurity challenge for many healthcare organizations, according to CynergisTek’s 2019 annual report. This is bad news...

AHA: Medical Device Makers Falling Short on Securing Legacy Devices

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Medical device manufacturers are not doing enough to secure legacy devices, argued the American Hospital Association (AHA) in a recent letter to Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). AHA observed that hospitals...

Healthcare Hardest Hit by Cyberattacks, Data Breaches in 2018

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Healthcare was the leading industry for cyberattacks and data breaches last year, making up 41 percent of cyber incidents tracked by specialty insurer Beazley. The financial services industry was in a...

Personal Mobile Device Use Underscores Healthcare BYOD Policy Need

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The use of personal mobile devices in healthcare highlights the need for organizations to implement a robust healthcare BYOD policy. According to a just released survey of employees and employers by...