Search Tag: Cyber Threats
2025 29 Jan
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the first significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule in a decade, aiming to bolster cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. With cyberattacks escalating, the proposed amendments seek to modernise protections for sensitive health data and address current threats with a more comprehensive regulatory...Read more
2024 16 Dec
The healthcare sector continues to face escalating cyber threats, driven by its reliance on digital technologies and interconnected systems. With sensitive patient data and operational continuity at stake, the sector is an attractive target for cybercriminals. By 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to become a critical component in...Read more
2024 23 Sep
In today's digital world, healthcare organisations—particularly smaller entities like rural and community hospitals—are increasingly becoming targets for cybercriminals. These organisations often lack the cybersecurity resources necessary to defend against modern cyber threats, making them vulnerable to devastating ransomware attacks. To mitigate...Read more
2024 02 Jul
Rural hospitals are indispensable pillars of healthcare in the United States, providing essential services to communities often underserved by larger healthcare networks. However, these vital institutions face mounting challenges, with cyberattacks emerging as a significant threat. Recognizing this critical issue, Microsoft has launched the Microsoft...Read more
2024 02 Jul
Rural hospitals are indispensable pillars of healthcare in the United States, providing essential services to communities often underserved by larger healthcare networks. However, these vital institutions face mounting challenges, with cyberattacks emerging as a significant threat. Recognizing this critical issue, Microsoft has launched the Microsoft...Read more
2024 02 Jul
Rural hospitals are indispensable pillars of healthcare in the United States, providing essential services to communities often underserved by larger healthcare networks. However, these vital institutions face mounting challenges, with cyberattacks emerging as a significant threat. Recognizing this critical issue, Microsoft has launched the Microsoft...Read more
2024 13 Jun
In an era where cyber threats are ever-evolving, healthcare organisations face mounting pressure to safeguard their operations against cyberattacks. Cyber resilience strategies are essential, incorporating a holistic approach to backup and recovery to minimise disruptions to operations, workflows, and patient care following adverse events. These...Read more
2024 30 May
In the landscape of cybersecurity threats, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks persist as a significant menace, particularly for healthcare institutions. Similar to a relentless virus, these attacks continue to mutate and adapt in response to defences, posing serious challenges for organisations worldwide. At its core, a DDoS assault inundates...Read more
2024 30 May
In the landscape of cybersecurity threats, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks persist as a significant menace, particularly for healthcare institutions. Similar to a relentless virus, these attacks continue to mutate and adapt in response to defences, posing serious challenges for organisations worldwide. At its core, a DDoS assault inundates...Read more
2024 30 May
In the landscape of cybersecurity threats, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks persist as a significant menace, particularly for healthcare institutions. Similar to a relentless virus, these attacks continue to mutate and adapt in response to defences, posing serious challenges for organisations worldwide. At its core, a DDoS assault inundates...Read more
2024 30 May
In the landscape of cybersecurity threats, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks persist as a significant menace, particularly for healthcare institutions. Similar to a relentless virus, these attacks continue to mutate and adapt in response to defences, posing serious challenges for organisations worldwide. At its core, a DDoS assault inundates...Read more
2024 24 May
Healthcare's transformation hinges on digitalisation, navigating challenges and steps to integrate data, leverage AI, fortify cybersecurity, and enable global data exchange. Strategic planning, collaboration, and innovation are needed to navigate this journey towards excellence in patient care. Key Points Digitalisation is driving...Read more
2024 24 May
Healthcare's transformation hinges on digitalisation, navigating challenges and steps to integrate data, leverage AI, fortify cybersecurity, and enable global data exchange. Strategic planning, collaboration, and innovation are needed to navigate this journey towards excellence in patient care. Key Points Digitalisation is driving...Read more
2024 24 May
Healthcare's transformation hinges on digitalisation, navigating challenges and steps to integrate data, leverage AI, fortify cybersecurity, and enable global data exchange. Strategic planning, collaboration, and innovation are needed to navigate this journey towards excellence in patient care. Key Points Digitalisation is driving...Read more
2024 23 May
In the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats, the emergence of ransomware gangs poses a significant challenge to the security of critical infrastructure and healthcare organisations worldwide. Among these groups, Black Basta has quickly risen to infamy, recently securing the second spot among the most notorious ransomware gangs, trailing only...Read more
2021 22 Mar
2020 saw an unprecedented rise in cyber attacks on healthcare systems and institutions. However, in 2021 the situation might get even worse, and here is why. You might also like: ENISA has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services, products and infrastructure. Learn more According to Saryu...Read more
2021 22 Mar
2020 saw an unprecedented rise in cyber attacks on healthcare systems and institutions. However, in 2021 the situation might get even worse, and here is why. You might also like: ENISA has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services, products and infrastructure. Learn more According to Saryu...Read more
2021 12 Mar
A new report from The CyberPeace Institute analyses a variety of recent cyberattacks against the healthcare sector around the world, identifies the predominant threats and provides recommendations for improvement. You might also like: ENISA has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services,...Read more
2021 25 Feb
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services, products and infrastructure, identifying relevant threats and risks and mapping good practices. You might also like: ENISA director, Juhan Lepassaar, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has made...Read more
2021 25 Feb
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services, products and infrastructure, identifying relevant threats and risks and mapping good practices. You might also like: ENISA director, Juhan Lepassaar, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has made...Read more
2020 08 May
It is reported that Israel is planning to cover its national healthcare system with a ‘cyber defence shield’ following an increase in attacks amid the COVID-19 epidemic. Agencies elsewhere warn about the spike in cyber attacks on healthcare organisations. You may also like: Cyber Hackers Exploit COVID-19 Crisis with Healthcare Attacks...Read more
2020 26 Feb
As healthcare continues to be a target for cyber attacks, the European Union cybersecurity agency the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has issued a guide of recommendations for protecting hospital computer networks. You might also like: Staff Training Urgently Needed for HealthcareCybersecurity Called...Read more
2019 28 Dec
As the year draws to a close, we take a look at our most viewed technology stories across our 2019 news and journals. Fighting Cyber Threats With a Global Community Denise Anderson, President of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), spoke to HealthManagement.org about this growing global organisation’s aim...Read more
2019 23 Oct
A new Proofpoint study, carried out between 2Q 2018 and 1Q 2019, provides more evidence that tactics employed by cybercriminals to attack healthcare organisations are changing frequently. While ransomware was used in many cyberattacks in 2Q 2018, ransomware incidents then took a sudden drop as cybercriminals gravitated to banking Trojans. ...Read more
2019 27 Aug
In healthcare, digitalisation is playing increasingly more important role in streamlining processes and workflows to improve patient care. Electronic health records (EHRs), for example, make it easier for clinicians to store and retrieve important patient data. It is estimated that nearly 86% of office-based physicians now use EHRs, according to...Read more
2019 27 Aug
In healthcare, digitalisation is playing increasingly more important role in streamlining processes and workflows to improve patient care. Electronic health records (EHRs), for example, make it easier for clinicians to store and retrieve important patient data. It is estimated that nearly 86% of office-based physicians now use EHRs, according to...Read more
2019 30 May
As the healthcare C-suite reshuffles its priorities and the responsibilities of its members, technology chiefs in a healthcare organisation can have a hard time getting their voice heard. While the role of the CIO and CISO continues to take a more central position in decision-making, there can still sometimes be gaps in understanding...Read more
2019 28 May
Budgetary constraint is a common problem that many healthcare IT executives (e.g., CIO and CTO) have to deal with. One such executive is Jake Dorst, Chief Information and Innovation Officer at Tahoe Forest Health System (THFS), who has candidly stated: "I have yet to have a fiscal budget approved where all the projects and funding requests were...Read more
2019 22 May
Denise Anderson, President of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), spoke to HealthManagement.org about this growing global organisation’s aim to fight cyber threats through cooperation among healthcare stakeholders. H-ISAC aims to foster trust and cooperation amongst members with the objective of achieving...Read more