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.
Continue readingHealthcare 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 […]
Continue readingCybersecurity 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.
Continue readingRansomware – A Reminder for Healthcare Providers to Lock Down Their Environments
Ransomware – A Reminder for Healthcare Providers to Lock Down Their Environments
Continue readingThe 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.
Continue readingA 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 […]
Continue readingDoes Your HCIS Downtime Plan Resemble a 5k Race?
One moment all was “normal.” Or the “normal” that nurses and other clinicians, admissions and pharmacy staff experience each day. But then the hospital gets an unexpected surprise. The patient rounds, the dispensing of meds, the patient intake, the normal things that happen every day, shift after shift, suddenly get the equivalent of a splash of cold water to the […]
Continue reading10 stubborn cybersecurity myths, busted
As common half-truths and misperceptions plague information security, we separate truth from fiction and outline steps to take in order to make your healthcare institution safer.
Continue readingMyth busted: A wait-and-see approach to cybersecurity is a terrible idea
While the costs tied to protection can be daunting, especially for small organizations, the costs only increase after an attack.
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