Cybersecurity and Privacy

Pure bakes security into its products and also partners with data protection vendors to ensure its products work hand in hand with those that healthcare organizations are already using, says Josh Gluck, VP of Global Healthcare Technology Strategy.

Because managing security tools across multiple platforms is challenging, there's an urgency to unify security processes and controls across all environments, says Virtustream Chief Trust and Security Officer Pritesh Parekh.

This week's top stories include hackers using the SolarWinds platform to target the NIH and other federal agencies, the CDC giving $227 million for COVID-19 vaccine preparedness and tracking, and a new low VO2 Max feature coming to Apple Watch.

Chris Stouff, chief security officer at Armor Cloud Security, says ransomware is the last step before threat actors get paid, so Armor's approach to stopping attacks from succeeding is to "secure left."

Sternum CEO Natali Tshuva describes the dangers of unsecured medical devices – and how manufacturer transparency can restore patient trust.

Lawrence Huang, VP of product management at Cisco Meraki, says security has to be a foundation for the way healthcare products are built.

With health systems in the cybercrime crosshairs, there are steps IT and security professionals should be taking now to shore up their defenses, says longtime CIO Drex DeFord, now a strategic healthcare executive for CI Security.

Seventy-seven per cent of mobile phishing attempts on pharmaceutical organisations through the third quarter of 2020 intended on delivering malware.

As pandemic-era cyberattacks increase, intelligence sharing and collaborative best practices can help with risk mitigation, says Parham Eftekhari, executive director of the Cybersecurity Collaborative.

This week's top stories include a Universal Health Services cyberattack, Anthem reaching a $39.5 million settlement in a 2015 attack, and Apple Watch's abnormal pulse feature driving unnecessary healthcare visits.