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2024年12月18日 · Field is responsible for all of ISMG's 28 global media properties and its team of journalists. He also helped to develop and lead ISMG's award-winning summit series that has brought together security practitioners and industry influencers from around the world, as well as ISMG's series of exclusive executive roundtables.

2024年3月26日 · The 2024 Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study — a collaboration between Censinet, KLAS, the American Hospital Association, Health-ISAC, and the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council — provides an overview on the state of healthcare cybersecurity preparedness, maturity, and resiliency.

As healthcare providers migrate their infrastructure and services to the cloud, they gain benefits such as increased flexibility, scalability and optimized patient data access and sharing. But misconceptions about cloud security are jeopardizing the …

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Cryptohack Roundup: Trump Boosts Crypto. Suparna Goswami • January 30, 2025. This week, Trump issued an executive order on digital assets, Brazil halted the World ID project from collecting biometrics, Binance's CZ lands an "intern" position, KuCoin pleaded guilty in the United States, and France investigated Binance.

Healthcare organizations face significant cybersecurity challenges, with sensitive patient data at risk and complex regulations to meet. Many providers may feel secure, but a closer examination often reveals critical vulnerabilities.

2012年5月25日 · Anderson was news editor of Information Security Media Group and founding editor of HealthcareInfoSecurity and DataBreachToday. He has more than 40 years of journalism experience, with a focus on healthcare information technology issues.

As healthcare organizations introduce new technology into their environments, questions often arise as to how and where to allocate resources in order to best reduce cyber risk.

Healthcare is under siege from relentless cyber-attacks, all while grappling with IT and clinical staff shortages. Using stolen credentials, unscrupulous attackers can pursue more entitled, risky access to resources if strong identity security processes are not in place.

2024年10月25日 · Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged with enforcing HIPAA are racing to complete unfinished work they deem critically important to healthcare sector cybersecurity.