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With stakes higher than ever, healthcare cybersecurity must rise to meet the moment

09:27 am March 27, 2024

The days when a healthcare organization's biggest security worry was a data breach or a HIPAA violation are over. The cyber landscape has changed utterly with the advent of near-daily attacks on hospitals and health systems.

Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years

02:29 pm November 16, 2021

Though the pandemic certainly is not over, the dust has started to settle a bit, giving C-suite executives a clearer look forward.

Sponsored: EMEA's digital health landscape: What's next in 2021?

10:36 am September 07, 2021

The "Summer Conversations" series explores "What's next in 2021?" when it comes to key growth areas in digital health. HIMSS Corporate members share their thoughts on upcoming healthcare trends in the community across Europe and the Middle East.

Focusing on privacy and security in the coronavirus new normal

12:47 pm May 28, 2020

As healthcare organizations do battle against COVID-19, they also must stay on vigilant defense against cybercriminals intent on taking advantage of the crisis to sow chaos and disrupt clinical processes: barraging inboxes with pandemic-themed phishing emails, perpetrating hospital-crippl

2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

05:27 am November 27, 2019

It's been an eventful year for health IT. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it.

Securing the health environment: Evolving cyberthreats demand shifts in strategy

12:17 pm August 01, 2019

Barely a day goes by without news of a new malware variant, zero day threat or medical device vulnerability.

RSA 2019: Insider's look at the premier cybersecurity conference

04:49 pm March 08, 2019

Healthcare IT News and HIMSS TV covered RSA 2019 live!

Cybersecurity strategy: Hackers have one, do you?

08:00 am October 01, 2018

Weaponized malware, hackers holding data hostage, social engineering and spearphishing campaigns — those are just the basic attack types common today.

The biggest healthcare data breaches of 2018 (so far)

By Healthcare IT News Staff 09:18 am June 20, 2018

Healthcare continued to be a lucrative target for hackers in 2017 with weaponized ransomware, misconfigured cloud storage buckets and phishing emails dominating the year.

Healthcare IT year in review, our best and most popular stories of 2017

By by Healthcare IT News Staff 08:35 am December 27, 2017

We look back at 2017 and the stories that struck a chord with readers – the new tech, policy changes and the sagas. Take a moment to reflect on a busy year.