Beyond IT: Assessing the Human Impact of Healthcare Cybersecurity

Great healthcare cybersecurity goes beyond IT best practices. Assessing the human element is essential to developing and deploying a holistic approach to security.

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Modernizing Threat Management for the Evolving Attack Surfaces of OT, IoT and IoMT

The combination of digital transformation and the “Internet of Everything” is reshaping the modern landscape of OT, IoT and IoMT, meaning threat management must evolve in response.

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Measuring Security Risk in a Medical IoT World

To reduce cybersecurity risk, silos among internet of things (IoT) technologies and hospital teams should be broken down and impact across four pillars should be weighed.

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Zero Trust Can Fix Healthcare’s Security Problem

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are under attack from cyber criminals. In 2019 healthcare was one of the most targeted industries. In the first half of 2019 alone, there were 168 attacks that breached more than 30 million health care … Continue reading Zero Trust Can Fix Healthcare’s Security Problem

X-Force Threat Intelligence Index Reveals Top Cybersecurity Risks of 2020

The findings in the 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index highlight the most common attack vectors, the evolution of ransomware and malware, the risks posed by inadvertent insiders and more.

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The Potential and Perils of the IoT in Healthcare

The IoT in healthcare is ever-expanding. This growth is bringing new capabilities and opportunities for innovation but also new challenges and security risks.

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Challenges of Healthcare Security – Enterprise Security Weekly #142

    Security in a healthcare environment takes on many unusual aspects that other industries do not typically deal with. From patient restraints to drug diversion to the highest workplace violence rates in any US industry, healthcare is one of the most… Continue reading Challenges of Healthcare Security – Enterprise Security Weekly #142

High Stakes, Rising Risks: The Ripple Effects of Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Sector

Is providing effective cybersecurity for the healthcare sector an IT problem or a wider-scope issue? The short answer is that it’s both.

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The US Is Slow to Adopt EHRs, But That Might Actually Be a Good Thing for Healthcare Security

Healthcare security is going to play a huge role if the utopian vision of a purely digital healthcare ecosystem is going to be realized.

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What Does Healthcare Cybersecurity Look Like in a Future of Connected Medical Devices?

What can health care companies do to mitigate the risks inherent in the future of health care cybersecurity?

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