Burlington, Mass.-based speech recognition software firm Nuance announced the breach of thousands of patient records after a third party gained unauthorized accessA former Nuance employee breached Nuance's servers and accessed the personal information of 45,000 individuals from several contracted clients between November 20 and December 9...
Over the last few years, the healthcare industry has become a prime target of cyber-attacks. While most healthcare organisations are committed to patient privacy no matter what it takes, some are still behind in terms of cybersecurity adoption and advancement...
By: Carolyn Crandall Smart medical devices have incredible potential to save lives and improve our general well-being, but they also present a host of untold threats that have yet to be fully exploited. You’ve probably heard the infamous story by now. Several years ago, it...
Healthcare organizations across the globe are more susceptible than ever to hacks and data breaches, which can cost a hospital or health system millions to fix and damage their reputation. As a result, hospitals are investing more in cybersecurity and risk management services.Organizations face internal...
“We welcome Attivo Networks to the BD Product Security Partnership Program as an important collaborator in our collective quest to improve cybersecurity across the health care industry,” said Rob Suarez, director of Product Security for BD. “The Attivo BOTsink solution was rigorously tested and validated...
In-network threat visibility and detection are considered critical security infrastructure in today’s world where advanced threats and insiders consistently demonstrate that they can evade security prevention systems across all industries, including healthcare. ...
Henry Ford Health System announced this week a data breach of health information that involves nearly 20,000 patients. It is "unclear" if any of the compromised information has been used "inappropriately.""We are very sorry this happened. We take very seriously any misuse of patient...
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) says they were recently hit with a data security breach, and thousands of patients’ confidential information may have been compromised.The information may include patients’ names, birthdays, medical record numbers, health insurance information — as well as a small amount...
Recent cases of health data security incidents, some affecting PHI security, include device theft, and unauthorized employee access of patient data.Brevard Physician Associates announced on its website that it was burglarized on September 4, 2017, raising possible health data security concerns for 7,976 patients.The Melbourne,...
From April through mid-May 2017, HIMSS North America commissioned a survey on the topic of healthcare cybersecurity. The HIMSS cybersecurity survey received feedback from 126 information security professionals from a variety of U.S. healthcare organizations. Survey participants consisted of healthcare CISOs and HIMSS cybersecurity community...