Many healthcare sector entities are undertaking projects involving the collection, analysis and sharing of large volumes of health data. But along with those efforts come critical privacy and security concerns, says attorney Iliana Peters of Polsinelli.
Please don't pay ransoms, authorities continue to urge. Britain's lead cyber agency and privacy watchdog are now making that appeal directly to legal advisers, warning them that paying a ransom offers no data protection upsides and won't lessen any fine they might face.
The Biden administration continues to react to the Supreme Court's overturn of precedent guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion, issuing Friday an executive order that includes provisions to help safeguard the privacy of patients' data.
Google's move to soon begin deleting location history pertaining to individuals' visits to facilities offering sensitive healthcare services is a step in the right direction, but experts say technology firms and others could do more to better protect the privacy of health data.
A ransomware attack on an accounts receivables management firm has affected hundreds of healthcare clients - including dental practices, physician groups and hospitals, resulting in one of the largest health data breaches involving a vendor so far this year.
Location data, browser history, IP addresses, and appointment scheduling are among the sensitive data putting individuals' privacy at risk in the wake of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, says Alexandra Reeve Givens of the Center for Democracy and Technology.
To help improve HIPAA breach reporting, the Department of Health and Human Services should implement a formal mechanism for organizations to communicate with regulators about that process, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
A malware incident involving exfiltration of data has affected more than 1.24 million patients of Texas-based Baptist Medical Center and Resolute Health Hospital. It adds to a growing list of major health data breaches reported to regulators in recent weeks as affecting millions of individuals.
Four proposed federal class action lawsuits filed in recent days against MCG Health LLC in the wake of a recently disclosed 2020 hacking incident affecting up to 1.1 million individuals allege negligence and violations of various laws by the clinical guidelines vendor.
Federal regulators have signaled plans to release video guidance on the "recognized security practices" they will consider when taking HIPAA enforcement actions against organizations. New audio telehealth guidance was also unveiled.
Memo to IT administrators: Don't store data in cloud in an unsecure manner. Security researchers at Secureworks have found more than 1,200 cloud-based, unsecured Elasticsearch databases that attackers wiped, leaving only a ransom note demanding Bitcoin in return for their restoration.
Manufacturing is a huge industry with massive amounts of critical data and IoT surfaces, and it is also a lucrative target for cybercriminals. CyberEdBoard member Shankar Karthikason discusses how to secure your OT environment and build an effective cybersecurity program.
In recent years, AI has emerged as required technology for augmenting the efforts of human information security teams. Bijender Mishra, CISO of Alkem Laboratories, discusses how cybersecurity teams can use AI to form powerful human-machine partnerships that improve cybersecurity.
Two recent apparent ransomware attacks on health plans have potentially affected hundreds of thousands of individuals. One of the incidents allegedly involved the Conti ransomware group, and the other allegedly involved Hive. One of the health plans is already facing legal fallout.
Leading organizations are exploring quantum computing, AI and blockchain as drivers for business transformation and intelligent change. Bijender Mishra, CISO of Alkem Laboratories, discusses how these technologies can help industries, including pharmaceuticals, improve productivity and growth.
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