Month: October 2022

The goal of a cybersecurity in healthcare isn’t to deploy more tools or gather data. It’s to protect patients and their personal health information (PHI). While cybersecurity teams have an array of options available to combat cyberattacks, the abundance of choices can make it overwhelming to determine the most suitable...

Yawn. I’ve been here for six hours and all I’ve seen so far is someone who cut their finger slicing potatoes and someone who burned themselves trying to fry a turkey. What a lame Thanksgiving. I thought my first time working a holiday at a prestigious hospital would be more...

Today's cybersecurity tools can help stop cybercriminals; however, many spammers find creative ways to get around safeguards. Spammers add another layer of risk to healthcare organizations, so it's important that all employees know how to spot these cybersecurity threats. Here are some of the most common tricks spammers may use...

Penetration testing, or pentesting as it’s often called, is one of the fundamental building blocks for a cybersecurity program. Pentesting provides vital information about an organization’s cybersecurity posture and seeks to uncover previously undiscovered vulnerabilities. It also demonstrates the impact of previously known vulnerabilities for more accurate risk assessment. Unfortunately,...

Third-Party Risk Management, or TPRM, is a growing concern for healthcare organizations. According to the 2022 Ponemon Industry Report, 63% of respondents stated that while cybersecurity incidents involving third parties are increasing, they feel ineffective at controlling third-party risk. Additionally, 55% of healthcare organizations had experienced a data breach in...

The last few years have thrown many curveballs, like Covid, cyberinsurance changes, and a record number of attacks, at healthcare IT and Security teams. During these trying times, many teams were understaffed and resource-constrained, trying to put out daily “fires” and helping maintain efficient patient care. As a result, some...

Healthcare employees are the backbone of daily operations. When interacting with patients and handling ePHI, your employees can make or break your cybersecurity strategy. This is why cybersecurity awareness training and education should be on your priority list. But security awareness training isn’t necessarily a one-size-fits-all approach. Currently four main...

New cybersecurity innovations continue to fill the market each year as organizations attempt to stay ahead of threat actors. Sifting through all the options to find the solutions that best fit your healthcare organization’s needs can be a confusing and time-consuming challenge. Compounding the issue are the increasing pressures from...

Strategies for addressing healthcare IT cybersecurity organizational resourcing Finding IT professionals to fill open positions is reaching critical levels for many organizations. In fact, 63% of respondents to an ISACA report shared they had unfilled cybersecurity positions. Almost the same percentage--62%--stated their team was understaffed, taking more than six months...

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), when government and the private sector work together to develop ways that businesses can help their workers and customers keep their digital data safe. It’s an excellent time for healthcare stakeholders to look at the privacy and security best practices they should employ....