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Articles by Salwa Rafee
How Will Healthcare Cybersecurity Issues Impact Acquisitions?
We’ve all heard the stories about botnets and ransomware triggering nightmares for hospitals and healthcare facilities. From an operational standpoint, managing security risk couldn’t be more critical. But healthcare is a hot industry — and many companies in the space are attracting purchasing interest from even larger organizations. These same healthcare cybersecurity vulnerabilities represent a massive stumbling block on the road to acquisition.
Humans vs. Machines: Will Adversarial AI Become the Better Hacker?
Humans versus machines: Who’s the better hacker? The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) brought with it a new set of attacks using adversarial AI, and this influx suggests the answer is likely machine. With each innovation in technology comes the reality that attackers who study the security tools will find ways to exploit it. AI can make a phone number look like it’s coming from your home area code — and trick your firewall like a machine learning Trojan horse.
Is Your Healthcare Organization Prepared to Withstand a Data Security Breach?
The healthcare industry has long been a top target for cybercriminals. According to a 2016 study from the Ponemon Institute, 89 percent of healthcare organizations have experienced a data security breach resulting in the loss or theft of patient information. More importantly, the cost of a data breach for healthcare is more expensive than any other vertical — and the volume of breaches is expected to increase.
A Proposed Solution to the Password Reuse Problem
Password reuse across multiple sites creates major security risks. If an attacker can steal credentials and gain access to one account, he or she can also log into every other account that uses the same password. The threat doesn’t just apply to individuals, however. Employees using the same passwords at home and work put the entire enterprise at risk. Facebook CSO Alex Stamos believes password reuse is the top cause of harm on the internet, according to CNET.
Five Strategies to Secure Healthcare Data Against Cyberattacks
Today’s headlines might lead you to believe that ransomware is a recent invention. Would you be shocked to learn that it’s almost 30 years old? Back in 1989, AIDS researcher Dr. Joseph Popp used a bit of social engineering to trick his colleagues into using infected floppy disks masquerading as a questionnaire to measure an individual’s risk of contracting AIDS. Imagine: 20,000 floppy disks were sent out to research colleagues in 90 countries.
Protective Layers - Cybersecurity for Healthcare
Layered defense is key to a successful Cybersecurity Strategy in Healthcare which starts with endpoint management. The number of internet connected (IoT) devices is exploding. In a healthcare setting, these “endpoint” devices not only provide significant new opportunities for improving patient care, but also present serious risks for increased attack surfaces for hackers.
2018 Cybersecurity Trends in Healthcare
Daily new cybersecurity threats are emerging in Healthcare, but there are also encouraging mitigation trends to deal with these threats. Here are five Cybersecurity trends emerging in 2018. Today, hackers target medical and IoT devices that provide, transmit, and access confidential data because they can exploit the fact that most manufacturers did not consider cybersecurity when designing those devices. All of this increases vulnerability to ransomware.
Health Care and Ransomware: A Marriage Made in Hades
Health care is considered a critical national infrastructure, along with services such as electricity and water. This creates an attractive target for cybercriminals who want to wreak havoc like what was recently aired on the fall finale of “Grey’s Anatomy,” on The ABC Television Network.
Data Activity Monitoring Provides X-Ray Vision Into Medical Imaging Security Risks
In health care, cyberthreats pose a substantial risk to patient safety, systems of care and business continuity. The security of electronic medical information has a tremendous impact on data access, which directly affects quality of care, patients’ rights to privacy and the professional standing of health care organizations. Practitioners can only make the best decisions for diagnosis and treatment plans when they have full access to all relevant information in their patients’ medical histories.
Building a Holistic Cyberhealth Immune System
With the increased focus on the importance of cybersecurity in the health care industry, it is important to think of a more holistic approach to address the industry’s pain points when managing the massive amounts of data are generated at an incredible pace every day. This growing challenge calls for an immune system approach to security.
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