Posts Tagged ‘cyberattack’
Smaller Healthcare Organizations Increasingly Target of Cyber Criminals
If your healthcare organization hasn’t become the target of a data breach, there’s a good chance it will, and even more so if it’s an outpatient facility or specialty clinic. That’s the finding of a recent report issued by Critical Insight, a cybersecurity firm. Healthcare organizations have long been ripe for cyber attacks. In fact,…
Read MoreOIG Work Plan Prioritizes Cybersecurity as Cases Rise
Last October, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)issued a joint cybersecurity advisory regarding ransomware activity targeting the healthcare and public health sector. In it, the agency said it had “credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals…
Read MoreEHR disruptions: Do you have a Plan B?
We’ve all lived through them – power outages, computer malfunctions, etc. And, for the most part, they are minor inconveniences. But for healthcare institutions, disruptions such as these can mean the inability to access patient health records and that can literally mean the difference between life and death. Add in the recent incidences of cyberattacks…
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