What Are the Risks and Rewards Associated With AI in Healthcare?

While the use of AI in healthcare promises to improve visibility and implementation, there are serious risks associated with the emerging technology if misused by staff or abused by threat actors.

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OpenEMR vulnerabilities put patients’ info, medical records at risk

A slew of vulnerabilities in OpenEMR allowed attackers to access random patients’ health records, view data from a target database, escalate their privileges on the server, execute system commands, and more. What is OpenEMR? OpenEMR is a free and… Continue reading OpenEMR vulnerabilities put patients’ info, medical records at risk

Don’t Be Held for Ransom: Five Strategies to Secure Healthcare Data Against Cyberattacks

Basic best practices, such as backing up data, patching vulnerable systems, segmenting networks, whitelisting apps and training employees, are the keys to protecting healthcare data from ransomware.

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Managing More Medical Images Than Ever? Learn How to Better Protect Them

If not properly secured, many of the systems health care organizations use to store and share medical images could be exploited to expose patients’ PHI.

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Managing More Medical Images Than Ever? Learn How to Better Protect Them

If not properly secured, many of the systems health care organizations use to store and share medical images could be exploited to expose patients’ PHI.

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Securing Medical Devices in the Age of the IoT

Both health care IT professionals and device manufacturers are responsible for securing medical devices in light of emerging IoT threats.

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Increased Awareness Is the Best Cure for Health Care Security Risks

Many health care security risks stem from insufficient leadership and limited resources, which can often be attributed to a lack of security awareness.

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The Internet of Things to Come in Cybersecurity

The Internet of Things offers convenience and fun in the form of step counters and other innovative toys, but it also puts health data and PII at risk.

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The Internet of Things to Come in Cybersecurity

The Internet of Things offers convenience and fun in the form of step counters and other innovative toys, but it also puts health data and PII at risk.

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What healthcare CISOs should know

“Are we more secure today than yesterday?” is the question every healthcare organization needs to asks itself every day. in order to develop a more effective security posture, says Rami Essaid, CEO of Distil Networks. A sad situation It used to be that retail and financial services were the most popular targets for breaches and malicious attacks, but the healthcare industry is now right up there with them. The reason for that change is simple: … More Continue reading What healthcare CISOs should know