A new CHIME-KLAS survey of CIOs, CISOs and other security leaders finds that few are confident in their ability to protect patient safety and prevent disruptions from cybercriminals.
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Category Archives: Business Continuity
Ransomware in Healthcare Facilities: A Harbinger of the Future?
Cybercriminals have begun to target the healthcare industry with ransomware, malware that encrypts an infected device and any attached devices or network drives. After encryption, cybercriminals demand a ransom before releasing the devices from encoding. Without adequate disaster recovery and backup plans, many businesses are forced to pay the ransom. We examined the extent of recent ransomware infections in healthcare settings, the risk liabilities and costs associated with such infections, and possible risk mitigation tactics.
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142 healthcare data breaches in Q2, 30% caused by repeat offenders
More than 3 million patient records were breached between April and June, highlighting an even bigger issue: Risk increases over time without proper education or reporting.
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Still underinvesting in cybersecurity? It’ll cost you $408 per patient record
A breach in financial services, the second most expensive sector, costs only half of what hospitals wind up spending.
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Cybersecurity: Nightmare scenarios and guiding principles
From legacy infrastructure to potential medical device hacks, some of the industry’s leading voices opened up about how the industry can begin to combat the inevitable breach.
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Healthcare Experiences Twice the Number of Cyber Attacks As Other Industries
CSO By Ladi Adefala | MARCH 06, 2018 Healthcare has become the second largest sector of the U.S. economy, accounting for 18% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, and is rivaled only by U.S. Federal Government’s 20% share of GDP in the same year. Not surprisingly, IT spending in healthcare is keeping pace, reaching $100 billion in 2017. As […]
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Cybersecurity incident response: Plan now to avoid finger-pointing later
As the number of cyberattacks continually swells within the healthcare industry, the inadequacy of understanding and response to this growing threat is becoming more and more detrimental and not just to hospitals themselves but, perhaps more importantly, to patients.
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Ransomware – A Reminder for Healthcare Providers to Lock Down Their Environments
Ransomware – A Reminder for Healthcare Providers to Lock Down Their Environments
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The Three Hidden Costs of Downtime That Have Nothing to Do With Dollars
When people think about healthcare information system downtimes, they often immediately think about the impact on patient care. But, downtimes can be very costly in terms of both patient safety and dollars, especially if you don’t have a good business continuance plan, which we’ll outline below. But the financial costs are not the only costs.
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A Day in the Life of a Doctor, Nurse, Pharmacist or Admissions Person When the Healthcare Information System Goes Down
Hospitals are a bit like cities. Cities have systems that keep them running, such as sanitation, police, and power. Hospitals have an HCIS. What happens when this system stops running? For a hospital, suddenly, the technology that helped it run like a well-oiled machine is gone. Uh oh. It will impact the entire hospital, but arguably the following four roles […]
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