5 Ways To Enhance Both Hospital Safety and Cybersecurity
Hospital security is an ongoing concern for healthcare facilities. Physical safety is important, of course, but it’s also critical to keep patients’ data and health records safe. Maintaining high cybersecurity standards helps keep hospitals compliant with government regulations and reduces the possibility of a catastrophic data breach.
Cybercriminals Adopt Corporate Tactics to Address Declining Revenues
Cybercriminal groups have been experiencing declining revenues. Just like the businesses they attack, when profits start to fall, changes need to be made. Cybercriminal groups are mirroring legitimate businesses and using similar tactics when faced will falling profits, according to a recent report from Trend Micro.
Ransomware Attack on Barcelona Hospital Threatened Urgent Care Cases and Locked Patient Records
A recent attack on a Barcelona hospital shows the extent to which these incidents can back up care and cause serious risks in even “milder” cases.
Hospital HIPAA Compliance: Step Up or Pay Up
Too many hospitals continue to roll the dice with their patients’ protected health information (PHI). This high-risk strategy is a ticking time bomb—especially since the cost of operating an effective, HIPAA-compliant security program is far less than the costs resulting from a data breach. The average cost of a data breach in 2020 was $7.1 million. (And this is before inflation.)
Is HITRUST Right For Me? Your Path to Healthcare Compliance
How does your organization manage the security requirements across federal and state agencies, and other third parties? This task can consume your energy and expense if left unchecked. The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) is an industry-neutral framework to uphold the Common Security Framework (CSF) and integrates the HIPAA, ISO 27001/27002, NIST 800-53, GDPR, and PCI DSS compliance standards.