One of the strongest bonds that bind clinics with their patients is trust. When this bond gets broken, both parties lose. In a recent case of a cyber breach, the patients availing the services of Texas’s Touchstone Medical Imaging Center suffered the same. The cyber security losses robbed the patients of their schedules and money. […]
Category: Cyber Security
AI Shows New Prospects In Protecting Imaging Devices from Malicious Cyber Threats
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has shown promising results in healthcare and medicine. Of late, another research conducted at the Ben-Gurion University of Negev developed an innovative technique of artificial intelligence to protect or safeguard medical devices from malicious threats and operating instructions during a cyberattack. It can even protect against the system and human errors. At […]
Adoption of AI: An Equal Mix Between Optimism and Skepticism
Over the last few years, Artificial Intelligence is gaining application in almost every aspect of life. Business owners are already adopting it with an open mind. They are whole-heartedly investing in it to get higher returns in the future, but the question arises as to whether consumers are also comfortable with its adoption or not. […]
Moving Beyond HIPAA and Preventing Cyber Threat – A Brief Guide
HIPAA, which stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was introduced in 1996 as legislation to protect patients with proper handling of their PHI (Protected Health Information). The main intention of this act was to provide security and data privacy to the patients. The time when this act was passed was the age of […]
Healthcare Needs To Adopt A Zero Trust Strategy And Software-Defined Perimeters
In business, nothing and no one should be trusted without a thorough verification. This is what the past experience of the healthcare industry has taught us, and the increasing rate of cybercrimes is also a significant contributor to this idea. The entire healthcare industry today relies on technology and data storage, which makes daily operations […]
OCR Issues Warning For ATP And Zero-Day Exploits
All the industries including healthcare, have integrated information technology with its operations. Of late, no business operation can be done without involving technology in it. The healthcare sector, in particular, deals with an extensive mass of data which becomes easy to be handled with the help of the latest data management technologies available with the […]
The Truth About Cyber-Security in Healthcare Imaging
Despite the recent increases in large-scale cyber attacks all over various industries, radiology has come out relatively unscathed. Still, experts state that providers need to remain vigilant or else they are next. Cyber-security Dangers within Medical Imaging Last year highlighted the need for strong cyber-security systems in this digital era as major cyber crimes such as WannaCry earned headlines […]