The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore has come up with an operational technology and cybersecurity master plan aimed at building a secure and resilience ecosystem to protect critical infrastructure. But will implementation prove feasible?
Nation-state attackers have been targeting known flaws that customers have yet to patch in their Pulse Secure, Palo Alto and Fortinet VPN servers, Britain's National Cyber Security Center warns, adding that any organization that didn't immediately apply patches should review logs for signs of hacking.
Cybercrime is surging thanks, in part, to the availability of inexpensive hacking tools and services. A recent look by security firm Armour at black market offerings finds stolen payment card data, RDP credentials, ransomware and DDoS services are widely available for sale.
A "zero trust" security model makes it easier to manage application access and protect against malicious users, but the rollout of the model must be managed in a very organized way, says Mani Sundaram, CIO and EVP, Global Services and Support, at Akamai Technologies.
Chinese advanced persistent threat groups are targeting cancer research organizations across the globe with the goal of stealing their work and using it to help the country address growing cancer rates among its population, according to researchers at cybersecurity company FireEye.
As the healthcare industry undergoes its own digital transformation, security is more important than ever. Okta's Nick Fisher says a zero trust model can keep hospitals and patients healthy when it comes to protecting their data.
Inspira Health has taken several key vendor risk management steps to help ensure patient data is protected, says CIO Tom Pacek, who describes the effort in this interview.
Authentication vulnerabilities in certain GE Healthcare anesthesia devices could potentially allow remote attackers to meddle with the devices, researchers say. GE disputes some of the findings. Find out what other security experts have to say.
A cybersecurity vulnerability discovered in open source software used by organizations conducting genomic analysis could potentially have enabled hackers to affect the accuracy of patient treatment decisions. But the vulnerability was patched before hackers took advantage of it, researchers believe.
The traditional IAM strategy has been to tie individual users with a unique device. But that doesn't work in healthcare settings, where doctors and nurses often share multiple devices. Jigar Kadakia of Partners HealthCare talks about how he approaches this critical challenge.
Encouraged by the moves of medical device manufacturers, Jennings Aske, CISO of NY Presbyterian Hospital, says the "state of the union" of medical device security has improved dramatically. But what more is needed to mitigate risks?
In this session, HHS OCR provides an update on its latest HIPAA compliance and regulatory efforts - including possible modifications to the HIPAA rules. Then a panel of experts discusses:
Latest health data breach trends, including soaring hacker incidents;
The evolving regulatory climate and its impact on health...
What approaches are healthcare entities taking with their credentialing and IAM to better verify and manage the identities of patients, clinicians, researchers, vendors and others who want or need access to health and other critical data? Our panelists Cris Ewell, CISO at UW Medicine and Jigar Kadakia, CISO and chief...
Suzanne Schwartz, MD, Associate Director for Science and Strategic Partnerships, at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, will provide an update on FDA's medical device cyber efforts. That includes the status of a draft update to the cybersecurity guidance for premarket...
The federal government says it will scrutinize healthcare providers and health IT vendors that participate in so-called "information blocking." But what are the top technical challenges and other barriers in ensuring that health information is being appropriately, legally and securely shared with clinicians, patients...
Our website uses cookies. Cookies enable us to provide the best experience possible and help us understand how visitors use our website. By browsing careersinfosecurity.in, you agree to our use of cookies.
