Healthcare cybersecurity news (60)

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What is the 405(d) effort?

405(d) is a program targeted at tackling the prevalent cybersecurity threat healthcare organizations face nationwide. The program aims to provide...

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Top cybersecurity focus areas revealed at HHS and NIST conference

The HHS/NIST conference, titled Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security 2024, took place on October 24, 2024, in...

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Best practices for secure data management

With 328.77 million terabytes of data created daily, it's no surprise that cyber threats are on the rise, as criminals look to exploit this valuable...

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Health data breach impacts millions

An investigation revealed that a database in the Mexican healthcare sector was left unprotected, exposing several million individuals’ sensitive...

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What are cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs)?

Cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs) are a set of cybersecurity best practices and minimum-security standards developed by the Cybersecurity and...

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OIG uncovers potential misuse of health risk assessments

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that some Medicare Advantage (MA) companies may be using health risk assessments (HRAs) and chart reviews...

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What is network segmentation?

Network segmentation is a security practice that involves dividing a computer network into smaller, manageable sub-networks (segments). This approach...

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Landmark Admin data breach exposes personal information of 800,000

In May 2024, hackers breached Landmark Admin’s network, encrypting systems and stealing sensitive information from over 800,000 people.

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September 2024 healthcare data breach insights

According to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Breach Portal, healthcare data breaches saw a notable decline in September 2024, with only 34...

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Network breach at Gándara Center exposes 17,000

On October 24, 2024, Gándara Center reported a data security breach that exposed theprotected health information (PHI)of current and former patients.

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Cybersecurity trends for 2025 and beyond

During the recent Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security conference, Rahul Gaitonde, HHS Cyber Security...

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HHS Cyber Threat Intelligence announces major threat actors in 2024

On October 23, 2024, the HHS Cyber Security Operations Cyber Threat Intelligence Branch released a list of notable cyber threat actors, including...

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The risk of AI-driven cyberattacks in healthcare

The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) opens the way for more sophisticated and focused cyberattacks. On October 23, 2024, at the...

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