health care

IoT Connected Devices Pose Significant Risk to Organizations
Security flaws in connected devices and the IoT are plaguing the digital landscape, impacting a broad range of industries ...

Your Mental Health Data for Sale or Rent — 20¢
U.S. GDPR ASAP: Data brokers are selling PII about mental health conditions—depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD, etc ...

Zero-Trust for Health Care in the Age of Ransomware
Ransomware attacks have skyrocketed during the pandemic. The health care sector has been particularly hit hard as telemedicine and remote work introduced new attack vectors, and economic setbacks led to furloughed cybersecurity ...

Modernizing Health Care Security with SASE
Since 2013 and the most recent set of updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), U.S. health care providers have been adopting technologies faster than at any point in ...

Health Care Security Must Mature With 5G
It’s clear that 5G technology is rapidly coming of age, and is enjoying wide adoption across every industry. According to Gartner, the market for 5G infrastructure was predicted to hit $4.2 billion ...

How to Protect Medical Devices from Ransomware
Cyberattacks on hospitals are rising, and patients are worried. Is my personal data at risk? Could ransomware or hackers effectively shut down the ER near me? Consider these findings from a March ...

Ransomware Reshapes Health Care Security Landscape
A sharp rise in ransomware is buffeting the health care sector and forcing IT security professionals to reevaluate how they tackle the threat. More than a third of health care organizations were ...

Ransomware Susceptibility Index Spells Trouble for Pharma
Take heed, pharmaceutical manufacturers – 10% of you are at high risk of suffering a ransomware attack. It may come as no surprise that you’re in the crosshairs of attackers; any organization ...

Breach Clarity Weekly Data Breach Report: Week of May 10
Each week Breach Clarity, recently acquired by Sontiq, compiles a list of what it considers to be notable data breaches—those that are worth highlighting because of the increased intensity of the risk ...

Ransomware Attack Disrupts Scripps Health
A ransomware attack against Scripps Health in San Diego over the weekend underscores the potentially dangerous impact cyberattack incidents can wreak on health care providers. “Showing just how low cybercriminals will go, ...