Smaller Healthcare Organizations Increasingly Target of Cyber Criminals

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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,…

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OIG 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…

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OCR Provides Update on HIPAA Enforcement Efforts

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The recent WannaCry ransomware attack impacting hospital and healthcare information systems worldwide shone a bright light on the vulnerabilities of most healthcare provider’s networks. But the problem extends far beyond this one case. In fact, there are near daily reports of patients’ private information being accessed due to a lack of appropriate security measures. And,…

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