Security News

Identity Governance and Admin Protects HIT Infrastructure

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Gartner released its latest Magic Quadrant report that highlights the need for identity governance and administration (IGA), which is especially significant to HIT infrastructure when organizations...

VMware Joins Intel Health IT Security Readiness at HIMSS17

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At HIMSS17, VMware announced a new collaboration with Intel Health and Life Sciences to benefit healthcare organizations by understanding their current health IT security readiness. VMware now offers...

Extreme Networks Releases HIPAA-Compliant Network Management

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Extreme Networks announced the release of an optional network management add-on to its ExtremeManagement product portfolio, helping healthcare organizations stay HIPAA compliant for mission-critical...

Major Vendors Form IoT Cybersecurity Alliance

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IBM, Nokia, AT&T, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec, and Trustonic announced the formation of the IoT Cybersecurity Alliance to research better ways to secure an IoT ecosystem and help solve IoT...

DigiCert Releases Healthcare IoT Security Solution

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DigiCert announced the release of its DigiCert Auto-Provisioning solution to help appease the need for medical Internet of Things (IoT) device security. The tool provisions digital certificates at...

Blockchain Vendor Efforts Center on IoT in IT Infrastructure

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Last month, a group blockchain vendors came together to discuss a collective effort to address the challenges facing blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) deployments in enterprise IT...

IBM Watson, FDA Collaborate on Healthcare Blockchain Research

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IBM Watson Health and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have signed a collaborative research agreement with the goal of applying blockchain technology to define secure, efficient, and scalable...

PokitDok Receives EHNAC HIE, Healthcare Cloud Accreditations

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PokitDok has received accreditation from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), the software development company announced earlier this week. The company met the...

Health IT Infrastructure to Combat Growing Ransomware Threats

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Healthcare organizations are set to adopt anti-ransomware software and services as the threat of ransomware continues to be a top health IT security threat. The latest Markets and Markets research...

DB Networks Launches Artificial Intelligence-Based DAM Solution

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DB Networks announced its agentless database activity monitoring (DAM) solution which employs artificial intelligence (AI) so organizations can achieve both compliance monitoring and database security...

Health Data Encryption Grows with Technology Advancements

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Encryption remains one of the top security features for health IT infrastructure as on-premise and cloud-based encryption software is expected to grow through 2024, according to new...

Health Data Security Needs to Generate IAM Market Growth

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The increasing number of cloud applications and mobile devices in healthcare organizations calls for tighter health data security as users access data both within an organization and...

Maturing IT Infrastructure Making a Mark on CIO Priorities

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Advancements in IT infrastructure are having an impact on CIO priorities, particularly with regard to new initiatives. The latest CIO survey conducted by Harvey Nash polled over 3,000 CIOs and...

Lack of Threat Intelligence Tools Weaken Health Data Security

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Higher levels of EHR adoption and the increasing amount of data stored digitally make cybersecurity a top priority for health IT infrastructure. However, findings from a recent survey find that most...

Healthcare CIOs Target Data Security, Physician Satisfaction

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Healthcare CIOs center their focus on data security and physician satisfaction when deciding which mobile technology is most important for their health IT infrastructure, according to a new survey...

Data Theft, Social Engineering Threaten Health IT Networks

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Healthcare chief information and information security officers indicate data theft and social engineering attacks are top network security concerns, according to new research. A survey conducted by...

What Does Blockchain Mean for Health IT Infrastructure?

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The healthcare industry continues to explore the value of blockchain technology for improving its approach to security and interoperability. Blockchain could be the future of electronic health...

CIOs Cite Evolving Digital Environments as Top IT Challenge

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The constant and rapid evolution of the technology powering IT infrastructure presents challenges to CIOs lacking control over IT decision-making and end-user restrictions.  In a recent study...

ONC Final Rule Key to Evolution of Health IT Infrastructure

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently issued the final rule updating the Health IT Certification Program to include Enhanced Oversight and...

CMS to Update Infrastructure for Quality Payment System

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected Okta Identity Cloud to improve security, scalability, and user experience in its build up to the official start of the Quality Payment...