Sunday, August 25, 2019
Analyzing Donald Trump’s cybersecurity policy seven months into his administration highlights the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report.Also in the Security Report (click on player to listen), hear about White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce taking the highly unusual step to appear on network TV to warn the public about using computer security software
[ Read More ]With claims of wanting to dispel “the myth about doping-free football,” the Russian-linked hacker group Fancy Bear has released health records related to alleged drug use of dozens of soccer players worldwide, including about 25 athletes who had reportedly been allowed to use banned medicines during the 2010 World Cup.
[ Read More ]Could proposed legislation force manufacturers and healthcare entities to put more effort into bolstering the cybersecurity of medical devices?
[ Read More ]The latest ISMG Security Report leads with information security guru Ron Ross discussing changes coming to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s catalog of IT security and privacy controls.In the Security Report (click on player to listen), you’ll also hear:Experts explain what’s behind the elevation of the U.S. military’s cyber command andISMG Security and
[ Read More ]Philips plans to fix alarming vulnerabilities in a web-based application used to track patient radiation exposure. Versions of the application, called the DoseWise Portal, mistakenly shipped with errors, including hard-coded credentials for a database holding patient data and unencrypted storage of other credentials.
[ Read More ]For the first half of 2017, insiders caused the majority of healthcare breaches. But for the first time this year, hacking incidents were the greatest threat to the healthcare industry, according to the latest Protenus Breach Barometer released Wednesday.Healthcare organizations reported 36 breaches to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil
[ Read More ]Hackers have proven they can get through hospital networks into medical and Internet of Things devices, which is why it is crucial that patient safety be prioritized when outlining a security strategy to make sure that hackers cant physically affect patients.A CISO should talk in the risk management language of the business, not in the
[ Read More ]For the first time this year, outside hacks surpassed insider breaches both in frequency and in the total number of affected patient records in July. But one Massachusetts case that took 14 years to crack came from inside the hospital. …read more
[ Read More ]Healthcare organizations need to consider a number of legal issues when it comes to cybersecurity incidents involving medical devices, says attorney Thomas Barnard of the law firm Baker Donelson.”There are a couple layers that we need to be concerned about,” Barnard says in an interview with Information Security Media Group. “You have individual liabilities for
[ Read More ]Data breaches caused by hacking, so-called IT incidents and unauthorized access are on the rise, with 162% more incidents at healthcare organizations so far in 2017 as there were in all of 2016, according to data from HHS’ Office for Civil Rights.Security experts said that’s because hacking has gotten easier and organizations are now reporting
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