Not long ago, HHS' OCR posted a request for information (RFI). It urged healthcare organizations to share their thoughts on financial penalties for HIPAA violations and the HITECH Recognized Security Practices. The receiving of comments is now over, and OCR has gained the first feedback. The ...

At the RSA Conference on Wednesday, almost 40 companies from 8 countries announced signing the Cyber Risks Management Pledge. Among them were such tech giants as Microsoft, AWS, Cisco, IBM, Red Hat, Verizon, and others. In addition, enterprises promised to strengthen sustainability to cyber ...

A few days ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) general director, Christopher Wray, took part in the Boston Colledge conference and mentioned the case of the Iran-sponsored cyberattack on the children’s hospital in Boston. The incident happened a year ago. Fortunately, quick actions ...

The recently published Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations (DBI) Report revealed the growth in the number of cyber threats in different fields, including the healthcare one. The most prevalent cyber threats in the health sphere appeared to be cyber attacks on web-based applications and secured ...

After the recent Christus Health cyberattack investigation, the involved ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) grouping AvosLocker assumed responsibility for it. Fortunately, Christus Health's cybersecurity team stated in the local press that it managed to report the ransomware attack efficiently, so no ...