Data Privacy

Rensselaer Researchers Use Blockchain to Boost Medical Image Sharing

by Fred Donovan

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing a blockchain-based information system for medical image sharing using IBM Hyperledger. The blockchain technology will enable a data...

Many Executives Lack Confidence in Healthcare IoT Security, Privacy

by Fred Donovan

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

by Fred Donovan

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...

Healthcare IT Pros Warm to Putting Sensitive Data in the Cloud

by Fred Donovan

Despite a previous reluctance to put sensitive data in the cloud, healthcare IT pros now see cloud computing as a way to improve their data security and compliance posture. That is one conclusion of a...

Blockchain To Have Biggest Impact on Healthcare, Say 1/3rd of Investors

by Fred Donovan

One-third of institutional investors believe that blockchain technology will have the biggest impact on the healthcare industry, according to a survey by the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)...