Healthcare cybersecurity news covering breaches, ransomware and the hospital cyberattacks that shut down clinical operations. Becker's tracks how health systems detect, respond and spend to prevent the next one.
In a recent press release, Fortified Health Security, a leader in cybersecurity, compliance and managed services focused solely on the healthcare industry, recently partnered with Beacon Health System to strengthen the health system’s overarching cybersecurity program.
The number of breached records dropped almost 25 percent in 2017, according to a IBM Security report released April 4. However, this drop may point to a more sinister trend in the global threat landscape.
The Office of Personnel Management told federal agencies they have one year to identify and report cybersecurity skill shortages in their workforces, according to The Hill.
Grindr, a gay dating app, gave users' HIV statuses and other information from their profiles to two outside data-optimization firms, according to The Hill.
Numerous privacy incidents at health IT suppliers, hospitals and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.
Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance began notifying roughly 2,500 patients an unauthorized third party had some of their protected health information, according to a notice on the organization's website and reported by The Boston Globe.
A phishing email attack on Baltimore-based CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield may have comprised nearly 6,800 members' personal data, the company said March 30.
U.S. cities and states are falling victim to ransomware and other attacks, which typically target businesses and other organizations, Fox News reports.
An unauthorized party gained access to the usernames, scrambled passwords and email addresses of nearly 150 million users of Under Armour's health and fitness tracking app — MyFitnessPal — in February, according to Reuters.
The HHS' Office for Civil Rights is considering a policy initiative to financially compensate victims of healthcare breaches, OCR Director Roger Severino said during a HIPAA summit presentation in Arlington, Va., March 27, BankInfoSecurity reports.
