The health care industry is one of the most popular and lucrative targets for cyberattacks and malicious activity. Health care organizations always present as an attractive proposition to hackers as…
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Big Data in Healthcare: Reducing Medical Device Internet of Things Risk
You may recall this blog post from March 2020. It highlighted the importance of factoring in clinical, organizational, financial and regulatory impact when determining which medical Internet-of-Things (IoMT) security vulnerabilities…
Safeguarding Healthcare for the Future With Zero Trust Security
In 2019, we saw a record number of information security breaches. According to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2020, a total of 8.5 billion records were compromised — three…
Modernizing Threat Management for the Evolving Attack Surfaces of OT, IoT and IoMT
The traditional threat landscape comprised of conventional IT assets is difficult enough to protect, detect and respond to, but the landscape seems to be quickly expanding beyond traditional IT. Those…
Measuring Security Risk in a Medical IoT World
The medical internet of things (IoT) is no longer a futuristic concept. It is here today, and it includes devices you may have never considered a part of the patient…
Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online
Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author:…
High Stakes, Rising Risks: The Ripple Effects of Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Sector
Cybersecurity risks and threats as they relate to the healthcare industry, as well as breaches affecting this sector, have been making headlines in mainstream news. Ransomware, internet of things (IoT)…
High Stakes, Rising Risks: The Ripple Effects of Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Sector
Cybersecurity risks and threats as they relate to the healthcare industry, as well as breaches affecting this sector, have been making headlines in mainstream news. Ransomware, internet of things (IoT)…
What Does Healthcare Cybersecurity Look Like in a Future of Connected Medical Devices?
As technology continues to transform the way healthcare is delivered, the industry is burdened by the growing cybersecurity risks inherent in the expansion of connected devices. Understanding that each connected…
How Secure Are Medical IoT Devices? Catherine Norcom Has Her Finger on the Pulse of the Industry
At the IBM Security Summit in 2018, X-Force Red Global Head Charles Henderson told a memorable story. A colleague frantically reached out one Friday afternoon asking him to test five…