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11 Data Security Tips For A Healthy Organization In 2013
2013 is the Year of the Snake in Chinese culture. In the healthcare world, I predict 2013 will be the Year of the Data Breach. The numbers back me up: 94 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed suffered data breaches, according to the Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security, a report recently issued by Ponemon Institute. Read More »
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A Deeper Look at the Financial Impact of Cyber Attacks
As large-scale instances of data theft — including theft of credit card records and personally identifiable information (PII) — are becoming more frequent, corporate executives and financial leaders are giving greater attention to the “cost” of cyber breaches. Are they looking at the breach, which typically categorizes data theft, or are they addressing “cost” as it relates to the entirety of the impact of a cyber incident to the enterprise?
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Criminal Attacks On Hospitals Up 100 Percent
Criminal attacks on hospitals are on a huge upward trend, with a whopping 100 percent reported increase just from four years ago. That’s according to a new Ponemon Institute study released today.
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EHNAC Applauds Health Care Industry Cybersecurity (HCIC) Task Force Report and Recommendations
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, today announced its support of the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity (HCIC) Task Force’s June 2 report to Congress titled Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry and the recommendations therein. The Health Care Industry Cybersecurity (HCIC) Task Force was established by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in March 2016 per the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, Section 405(c). EHNAC applauds HHS and the expert panel of subject matter experts on the HCIC Task Force who contributed to develop these recommendations to strengthen the privacy and security of U.S. healthcare data...
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Over 140,000,000 Americans’ Health Information Disclosed in Data Breaches
Almost half of Americans’ sensitive health information have been disclosed in data breaches increasing their risk of medical identity theft and medical fraud. Read More »
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Patient Health Information Precariously Safeguarded, According to Privacy Analytics
According to a new infographic compiled by Ottawa data privacy company Privacy Analytics, costs associated with a data breach, including notification, legal fines, legal fees, forensics, PR, etc., amounts to approximately $208 per person. While data breaches across the board are damaging, from major corporate leaks like Target to member-based services like Ashley Madison, it’s the leaking of personal health information (PHI) that is most sensitive and which Privacy Analytics specializes in...
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The High Cost Of Poor Software Quality
We recently highlighted how a bug in the Stockholm Stock Exchange caused an errant trade of more than 4.2 billion index futures contracts (a value equal to 131 times Sweden’s GDP) to send the trading network into a tailspin and forced trading to a halt. A spokesperson for the exchange blamed the mistake on a parsing error... Read More »
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The Words Healthcare CIOs Don't Want To Hear
No matter what your job, there are certain phrases – whether said by bosses, colleagues or clients – that are just plain unwelcome: words that foretell frustration and added workload at best, panic and red-alert crisis response at worst.
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