According to figures derived from the Annual Global Advanced Threat Landscape Survey carried out by Americas at CyberArk, data breaches seem to be driving the security strategy in organizations. Interviewing a sample of 373 IT security executives and other senior management from North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific participated in this survey, in which 70 percent…
Since September 2009, the federal tally of major health breaches has grown significantly to a total of 1,074 incidents affecting 33.7 million individuals. In the last month alone, 30 incidents were added to the list. These incidents clearly reflect the wide range of risks that healthcare organizations have to battle with. Out of the recent…
The lesson to be learned from recent audits – security risk analysis is imperative for all health care enterprises. And this is a measure that cannot be taken lightly! The responsibility of protecting confidential patient data rests with healthcare enterprises and not EHR vendors. That is all the more reason why no organization can afford…
Health records are increasingly becoming the target of hackers worldwide. This disturbing trend has been observed through multiple incidents in the recent past, including the server breach at the Utah Department of Health two years ago, which impacted 780,000 individuals, and the incident at Montana Health Department last month, when the server was breached, impacting…
No organization can afford to take the risk of inadequate data protection, particularly when it is business associates dealing with sensitive patient information. Under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, business associates of covered entities are directly liable for HIPAA compliance. However in reality, although healthcare organizations enter into comprehensive business associate agreements, many fail to hold…
