Why disaster recovery isn’t enough in hospitals
Recently, we came across a funny healthcare tweet — which sounds like an oxymoron, I know, but bear with me. It came from the user @DrGlaucomflecken, an ophthalmologist and comedian. He was sharing a TikTok video he made about what happens when a hospital EHR system goes down. In it, a doctor in hospital scrubs is sitting at a monitor, […]
Confronting a growing threat: A pragmatic approach for healthcare cybersecurity leaders
When it comes to healthcare, 2020 will go down as the year of the pandemic, when COVID-19 swept across the globe and swamped health systems with gravely ill patients and red ink. But it will also be remembered as the year when cyberattacks against hospitals went mainstream. With organizations shifting to remote workforces, the coronavirus pandemic has opened the door […]
Why adopting a ‘culture of paranoia’ is a good place to start on cybersecurity
Recently, I was contacted by a reporter from a major broadcast outlet who was following the news of a big hospital cyberattack. Her email landed in my inbox, and I immediately thought it must be a phishing scam. Why else would she be contacting me? Before opening it, I did a search on the sender’s name and saw that she […]