Cybersecurity

HITRUST, a security standards development and accreditation organization, updated its common security framework, or CSF, assurance program Jan. 15.

Amazon Web Services will allow customers to back up their data across cloud and on-premise environments through a new service dubbed AWS Backup.

A new malware strain may be able to uninstall security products deployed in the cloud, according to a report from researchers at cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks and reported by The Hill.

Mike Kijewski, CEO of medical device cybersecurity company MedCrypt, discusses the reality of cyberattacks on patient medical devices and how hospitals can best approach prevention.

Cyberattackers have reportedly been using a strain of ransomware called CryptoMix to remotely hack computers and then falsely claiming that victims' ransom payments will be used to fund children's medical help, HealthcareInfoSecurity reports.

Four hospital and health system chief information security officers discuss the latest cybersecurity threats and health IT trends.

A Massachusetts man will serve more than 10 years in prison for his role in a 2014 cyberattack on the computer networks of Boston Children's Hospital and a mental health facility, Reuters reports.

Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, a drug and alcohol addiction treatment facility in Richmond, Mich., is notifying "a limited number of patients" after a phishing scheme compromised an employee's email account in April, MLive reports.

Healthcare data breaches are on the rise, with health plans accounting for the largest share of breached records at 63 percent from 2010-17.

Amazon has acquired Israeli disaster-recovery startup CloudEndure, Reuters reports. CloudEndure offers continuous backup and cloud migration services to help businesses move their data to the cloud.