NHS Test and Trace strengthens cyber defences
NHS Test and Trace is working with British cybersecurity company Risk Ledger to proactively manage cybersecurity risks in their supply
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Health system IT specialist pleads guilty to stealing colleagues' personal info
An IT specialist at a health system in upstate New York pleaded guilty this week to stealing personal information from
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Data risk report shows healthcare worker has access to 31,000 sensitive files on first day of work
UK cybersecurity firm, Varonis has released a data risk report, which focuses on the issue of unrestricted data in the
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HIMSSCast: Beyond HIPAA and GDPR: The next frontiers of healthcare privacy and security
On today’s HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock sits down with Gabe Gumbs, head of product strategy and innovation at Spirion about
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UHS says all U.S. facilities affected by apparent ransomware attack
Universal Health Services said Thursday afternoon that it was continuing its efforts to recover from a security issue that led
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Microsoft offers tools to protect patient data amid heightened COVID-19 security threats
St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has 15,000 employees and more than 1 million patient records. Given the
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Google Cloud Healthcare API focused on interoperability, during pandemic and beyond
Google on Monday announced the launch of Google Cloud Healthcare API, which is designed to enable standardized data exchange between
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Investors looking toward healthcare IT innovators in 2020
Healthcare information technology will be the focus of investors in 2020, with interest in the pharmaceutical and biotech sector, home
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Alabama hospital system DCH pays to restore systems after ransomware attack
The Alabama hospital group DCH Health Systems has paid an undisclosed sum to the attackers who perpetrated a ransomware attack
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URGENT/11: FDA issues alert for cyber vulnerability that threatens medical devices, networks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication on Tuesday – aimed at healthcare organizations, IT professionals, device
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