Search Tag: cybersecurity

IT Management

Ransomware-puts-100-romanian-hospitals-offline

2024 14 Feb

  In a significant cybersecurity incident, Romanian officials have reported a ransomware attack on the Hippocrate platform, essential for the operation of IT infrastructure across multiple healthcare facilities, leading to disruption in over 100 hospitals. The cyberattack, occurring on the evening of February 11, compromised production servers,...Read more

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Himss23europe-advancing-ai-in-healthcare-new-policies-and-deployments

2023 13 Jun

Experts discuss cutting-edge case studies in AI, dig deeper into the ethical and legal issues, and engage in discussing methods to maximise AI’s potential in the health ecosystem.   Host:   Access to data is directly related to compliance. The first factor you have to consider is data minimisation. It is crucial to maintain a balance...Read more

IT Management

Cybersecurity-risks-arising-from-healthcare-employees

2022 29 Mar

Cybersecurity company, Mobile Mentor, and the advisory firm, Center for Generational Kinetics (CGK), found that workers in the healthcare sector are mature, take security seriously, and want to do more to protect patient data. Despite this, the healthcare industry still has Shadow IT issues, poor password hygiene, and inefficient processes for onboarding...Read more

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Sectra-wins-four-2022-best-in-klas-awards-in-the-us-canada-and-asia-oceania

2022 08 Feb

International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company  Sectra  has announced that its radiology module for enterprise imaging, Sectra PACS, has won the prestigious customer satisfaction award Best in KLAS. It has been ranked number one by healthcare providers for the ninth consecutive year in the US, third consecutive year in Canada, and for...Read more

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The-dutch-ministry-of-defense-and-sectra-sign-framework-agreement-for-secure-communications

2021 30 Nov

The Dutch Ministry of Defense has signed a new framework agreement with international cybersecurity and medical imaging IT company  Sectra . The 5-year contract contains the approved mobile encryption system  Sectra Tiger/S  and its infrastructure. The solution enables users to exchange classified information up to the classification level SECRET....Read more

IT Management

Uk-security-centre-to-battle-cyberhacking

2017 05 Dec

NHS Digital has announced a new £20m project aimed at enhancing its ability to support the NHS with its data security. Under this project, a new unit, the Security Operations Centre (SOC), will be created to provide enhanced monitoring of national services across health and care. The SOC will also empower NHS Digital to offer specific advice and guidance...Read more

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Dhealth-conference-by-ehealth-forum-2017

2017 19 Oct

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IT Management

Staff-training-to-prevent-hacking-attacks

2017 04 Jul

Insider-caused breaches have proved to be costly for a number of companies, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Forcepoint. Tech experts suggest some training strategies to help your staff from causing data loss or leak.     Technology can do its part in protecting against cyberattacks, but user education is key to bolstering...Read more

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Timely-reporting-of-health-data-breaches

2017 30 May

Healthcare organisations in the U.S. are responding to federal enforcement by reporting data breaches within 60 days of discovery, according to the Protenus Breach Barometer report. In April, it took organisations an average of 51 days to discover a breach occurred and 59 days to report it to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Nearly...Read more