Tag: healthcare
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Week in review: F5 data breach, Microsoft patches three actively exploited zero-days
Tags: breach, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, exploit, healthcare, microsoft, strategy, WeeklyReview, zero-dayHere’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy that works In this Help Net … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/19/week-in-review-f5-data-breach-microsoft-patches-three-actively-exploited-zero-days/
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AI and Patient Health Data Access: Considering the Risks
Among pressing issues facing healthcare providers and health IT vendors is how artificial intelligence enabled tools such as AI assistants might further facilitate patients’ access to records as well as the transmission of records themselves, said attorney Alisa Chestler of law firm Baker Donelson. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/ai-patient-health-data-access-considering-risks-i-5500
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…
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CISOs face quantum leap in prioritizing quantum resilience
Tags: apple, attack, ciso, cloud, computer, computing, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, governance, government, Hardware, healthcare, infrastructure, nist, resilience, risk, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityState of migration: Encryption underpins the security of everything from healthcare records to government data and e-commerce transactions.But just 8.5% of SSH servers currently support quantum-safe encryption.TLS 1.3 adoption, currently at 19%, also trails older, quantum-vulnerable versions, according to a recent study by Forescout.Other experts paint a more optimistic picture of PQC deployment since NIST…
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CISOs face quantum leap in prioritizing quantum resilience
Tags: apple, attack, ciso, cloud, computer, computing, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, governance, government, Hardware, healthcare, infrastructure, nist, resilience, risk, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityState of migration: Encryption underpins the security of everything from healthcare records to government data and e-commerce transactions.But just 8.5% of SSH servers currently support quantum-safe encryption.TLS 1.3 adoption, currently at 19%, also trails older, quantum-vulnerable versions, according to a recent study by Forescout.Other experts paint a more optimistic picture of PQC deployment since NIST…
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CISOs face quantum leap in prioritizing quantum resilience
Tags: apple, attack, ciso, cloud, computer, computing, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, governance, government, Hardware, healthcare, infrastructure, nist, resilience, risk, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityState of migration: Encryption underpins the security of everything from healthcare records to government data and e-commerce transactions.But just 8.5% of SSH servers currently support quantum-safe encryption.TLS 1.3 adoption, currently at 19%, also trails older, quantum-vulnerable versions, according to a recent study by Forescout.Other experts paint a more optimistic picture of PQC deployment since NIST…
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Inside healthcare’s quiet cybersecurity breakdown
Hospitals, clinics, and care networks continue to treat cybersecurity as a back-office issue, according to the 2025 Healthcare IT Landscape Report from Omega Systems. Security … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/17/healthcare-organizations-cyber-attacks-reality-report/
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Inside healthcare’s quiet cybersecurity breakdown
Hospitals, clinics, and care networks continue to treat cybersecurity as a back-office issue, according to the 2025 Healthcare IT Landscape Report from Omega Systems. Security … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/17/healthcare-organizations-cyber-attacks-reality-report/
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Inside healthcare’s quiet cybersecurity breakdown
Hospitals, clinics, and care networks continue to treat cybersecurity as a back-office issue, according to the 2025 Healthcare IT Landscape Report from Omega Systems. Security … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/17/healthcare-organizations-cyber-attacks-reality-report/
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Foster Innovation with Strong NHI Security Measures
Are Your Machine Identities Truly Secure? The notion of securing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) often takes center stage. Where machine identities become more prevalent across industries, managing these identities and their related secrets has never been more critical. From financial services to healthcare, the effective management of NHIs helps bridge security gaps and fosters an environment……
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Emulating the Prominent Global Group Ransomware
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by Global Group ransomware, a threat that first appeared in June 2025 and quickly became notorious across the security landscape. The group has primarily targeted high-impact sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, and professional services, where operational downtime can cause severe disruption. First seen…
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There’s no such thing as quantum incident response and that changes everything
Tags: apple, attack, china, compliance, computer, cryptography, data, dns, encryption, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, Internet, linkedin, nist, PCI, risk, serviceStep one: Inventory your algorithms and data with a view towards which sensitive data ought to be protected with PQC. This is a data classification exercise where you need to add a column to track whether the datastore or application qualifies for PQC.Step two: Check your internet-facing assets to see which, if any, are already…
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There’s no such thing as quantum incident response and that changes everything
Tags: apple, attack, china, compliance, computer, cryptography, data, dns, encryption, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, Internet, linkedin, nist, PCI, risk, serviceStep one: Inventory your algorithms and data with a view towards which sensitive data ought to be protected with PQC. This is a data classification exercise where you need to add a column to track whether the datastore or application qualifies for PQC.Step two: Check your internet-facing assets to see which, if any, are already…
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There’s no such thing as quantum incident response and that changes everything
Tags: apple, attack, china, compliance, computer, cryptography, data, dns, encryption, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, Internet, linkedin, nist, PCI, risk, serviceStep one: Inventory your algorithms and data with a view towards which sensitive data ought to be protected with PQC. This is a data classification exercise where you need to add a column to track whether the datastore or application qualifies for PQC.Step two: Check your internet-facing assets to see which, if any, are already…
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Coming AI regulations have IT leaders worried about hefty compliance fines
Tags: ai, cio, compliance, control, data, gartner, governance, healthcare, intelligence, law, regulation, risk, software, technology, tool, training, usaCIOs on the forefront: With US states and more countries potentially passing AI regulations, CIOs are understandably nervous about compliance as they deploy the technology, says Dion Hinchcliffe, vice president and practice lead for digital leadership and CIOs, at market intelligence firm Futurum Equities.”The CIO is on the hook to make it actually work, so…
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Coming AI regulations have IT leaders worried about hefty compliance fines
Tags: ai, cio, compliance, control, data, gartner, governance, healthcare, intelligence, law, regulation, risk, software, technology, tool, training, usaCIOs on the forefront: With US states and more countries potentially passing AI regulations, CIOs are understandably nervous about compliance as they deploy the technology, says Dion Hinchcliffe, vice president and practice lead for digital leadership and CIOs, at market intelligence firm Futurum Equities.”The CIO is on the hook to make it actually work, so…
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Coming AI regulations have IT leaders worried about hefty compliance fines
Tags: ai, cio, compliance, control, data, gartner, governance, healthcare, intelligence, law, regulation, risk, software, technology, tool, training, usaCIOs on the forefront: With US states and more countries potentially passing AI regulations, CIOs are understandably nervous about compliance as they deploy the technology, says Dion Hinchcliffe, vice president and practice lead for digital leadership and CIOs, at market intelligence firm Futurum Equities.”The CIO is on the hook to make it actually work, so…
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The Human Cost of Cyber Risk: How Exposure Management Can Ease Security Burnout
Tags: ai, attack, breach, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, finance, fraud, healthcare, identity, mitre, ransomware, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementThe true cost of cyber risk is a human one. Siloed tools and disjointed operations aren’t just endangering your business, they’re also taking a real toll on your teams. It’s long past time to take the friction out of cybersecurity with a unified, proactive approach. Key takeaways: Security teams are overwhelmed by the number of…
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The Human Cost of Cyber Risk: How Exposure Management Can Ease Security Burnout
Tags: ai, attack, breach, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, finance, fraud, healthcare, identity, mitre, ransomware, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementThe true cost of cyber risk is a human one. Siloed tools and disjointed operations aren’t just endangering your business, they’re also taking a real toll on your teams. It’s long past time to take the friction out of cybersecurity with a unified, proactive approach. Key takeaways: Security teams are overwhelmed by the number of…
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New York Hospitals Are Facing Tougher Cyber Rules Than HIPAA
State cybersecurity regulations that apply to some hospitals in New York state go well compliance under the federal HIPAA security rule, posing expanded data governance challenges for providers, said Matthew Bernstein of consulting firm Bernstein Data. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/new-york-hospitals-are-facing-tougher-cyber-rules-than-hipaa-i-5498
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New York Hospitals Are Facing Tougher Cyber Rules Than HIPAA
State cybersecurity regulations that apply to some hospitals in New York state go well compliance under the federal HIPAA security rule, posing expanded data governance challenges for providers, said Matthew Bernstein of consulting firm Bernstein Data. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/new-york-hospitals-are-facing-tougher-cyber-rules-than-hipaa-i-5498
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New York Hospitals Are Facing Tougher Cyber Rules Than HIPAA
State cybersecurity regulations that apply to some hospitals in New York state go well compliance under the federal HIPAA security rule, posing expanded data governance challenges for providers, said Matthew Bernstein of consulting firm Bernstein Data. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/new-york-hospitals-are-facing-tougher-cyber-rules-than-hipaa-i-5498
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Pharmacy Cybersecurity Without Compromise: Reducing Costs and Protecting Patient Data at Scale
Tags: ai, attack, automation, cloud, cybersecurity, data, defense, healthcare, iot, ransomware, zero-trustThe Days of Fragmented Cybersecurity Are Over Pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations face unprecedented cybersecurity challenges. With cloud adoption, IoT expansion, digital pharmacies, and rising ransomware attacks, the old approach of layering dozens of point solutions no longer works. Traditional perimeter defenses and multi-vendor setups create complexity, high costs, and blind spots. Zero Trust, AI-driven automation,…
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SimonMed Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Information of 1.2 Million Patients
SimonMed Imaging has confirmed that an external hacking incident compromised the personal data of 1,275,669 patients, making it one of the largest healthcare breaches of the year. The breach, which occurred on January 21, 2025, but was not discovered until January 28, exposed names and other personal identifiers. Written notifications were sent to affected individuals…
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SimonMed Imaging discloses a data breach impacting over 1.2 million people
Medusa ransomware hit SimonMed Imaging, stealing 200 GB of data and impacting over 1.2 million people in a major healthcare data breach. SimonMed Imaging suffered a ransomware attack by the Medusa group, which claimed to have stolen 200 GB of data. SimonMed Imaging is one of the largest outpatient medical imaging providers in the U.S.,…
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Building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy that works
In this Help Net Security interview, Wayman Cummings, CISO at Ochsner Health, talks about building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy, even when resources are tight. He … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/13/wayman-cummings-ochsner-health-building-healthcare-cybersecurity-strategy/
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Building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy that works
In this Help Net Security interview, Wayman Cummings, CISO at Ochsner Health, talks about building a healthcare cybersecurity strategy, even when resources are tight. He … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/13/wayman-cummings-ochsner-health-building-healthcare-cybersecurity-strategy/
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When hackers hit, patient safety takes the fall
93% of U.S. healthcare organizations experienced at least one cyberattack in the past year, with an average of 43 incidents per organization, according to Proofpoint. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/13/report-cyberattacks-disrupt-patient-care/
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When hackers hit, patient safety takes the fall
93% of U.S. healthcare organizations experienced at least one cyberattack in the past year, with an average of 43 incidents per organization, according to Proofpoint. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/13/report-cyberattacks-disrupt-patient-care/
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Driving Innovation with Secure NHIs
How Are Non-Human Identities Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity? What happens when machines need their own form of identification? This question is increasingly relevant as we dive deeper of Non-Human Identities (NHIs), which are revolutionizing the way organizations handle cybersecurity. In industries ranging from financial services to healthcare, and even in areas like travel and……