Tag: data protection

July 23, 2021

The proliferation of an increasingly accessible and connected healthcare sector has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to keep patients and providers safe. This rapid increase in connectivity has led to an increased number of points of […]

June 17, 2019

The research community often requires the depositing of individual genetic data from studies into research depositories to improve data sharing. This supports the reproducibility of new findings and facilitates discoveries. Attempts to comply with the requirements of journals and funders […]

June 11, 2019

Healthcare organizations must employ a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity, including robust vendor management strategies. 6 crucial steps to take to avoid a data breach Recently, both Quest Diagnostics and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) announced related data breaches that […]

July 16, 2018

The General Data Protection Requirement (GDPR) is top-of-mind in health care right now, but the specifics of how it’s going to reshape the health care industry are still a bit hazy. Whether in the implications of marketing and cloud-based data […]

August 8, 2017

It is no secret that despite increased awareness of data breaches around the globe, businesses continue to fall victim to cybercriminals exploiting their weak security measures. An article on Small Business Computing explores data breaches and how the size of the business […]

August 11, 2016

Hospitals typically have hundreds of medical devices; many may be quite old and unsecure, and IT departments may not remember that they still are computers linked to the corporate network, just like any other computer. They also represent an easy […]

April 7, 2016

One of the last things a healthcare CIO, CISO or CEO wants is to learn is that their organization has been victim to ransomware, like in the high-profile attacks that recently crippled Hollywood Presbyterian and MedStar Health. The number of […]