Tag: Healthcare

The healthcare sector is a top target of cyber criminals eager to steal sensitive data and extort high ransoms. The key to thwarting costly attacks is to understand that identity is the new security perimeter. By implementing robust identity and access management (IAM), healthcare organizations...

The healthcare industry faces a plethora of serious cybersecurity risks. Indeed, 2021 saw a record number of major health data breaches in the U.S. —  the breach notification portal of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists at least 713 incidents affecting 45.7 million...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, is designed to keep individuals’ medical information and health records safe. By achieving and maintaining HIPAA compliance, healthcare...

Cloud computing provides undeniable benefits for storing and accessing electronic health records. Files stored in the cloud are accessible anytime and anywhere from any device, which makes it easy to share critical medical information between healthcare workers. But is cloud storage secure enough...

Office 365 HIPAA compliance is a pressing concern for an increasing number of healthcare companies. Microsoft’s robust cloud solution lets providers keep records and communicate with ease — but is it too easy? Can sensitive information really be protected if it’s stored in the cloud? Cloud...

Every organization, regardless of market sector or business size, must secure its data to minimize data leakage and other security incidents.  The importance of data security in healthcare is compounded by the need to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....

For years, healthcare organizations have been massively transitioning from paper-based health records to digital systems, regardless whether they are a government health agency, a local nursing facility or a small outpatient center. Indeed, for healthcare providers, electronic patient records are...

Earlier this year, we polled more than 750 organizations to find out what types of data organizations move to the cloud and what actions they take to protect it. The results are presented in our 2019 Cloud Data Security Report. In this article, we narrow down the results to the healthcare industry...

Netwrix conducted its 2018 IT Risks Survey to learn more about how organizations deal with six common IT risks: physical damage, intellectual property theft, data loss, data breaches, system disruption and compliance penalties. We have extracted some interesting data shared by 140 healthcare...

Netwrix conducted its 2017 IT Risks Survey to learn more about the security, compliance and operational issues that bother organizations worldwide. We asked IT pros from over 30 industries about their thoughts on the adequacy of existing IT security controls, the biggest IT risks they face every...