Healthcare is a major target for cybercriminals, and the attacks on hospitals and health systems continue to increase. Yesterday's strategies for protecting data and systems aren't enough, as the threats overwhelm IT and security staff across the industry. Effectively...
How HIPAA Compliance Can Fuel or Throttle Your Growth
This presentation is a recording of a web event given on 11/17/2022 by Clearwater's Director-Technology & Cybersecurity, Private Equity Markets, Matt Hollcraft. Overview You built your digital health solution to drive innovation, get to market faster, reduce...
Hospitals must do more to improve cybersecurity | HLTH Conference
Las Vegas – When Clearwater CEO Steve Cagle was asked if hospitals are improving their cybersecurity or if they still had a long road to go, he simply said, “Yes.”
New healthcare privacy challenges as online data tracking, sharing methods evolve
With security concerns, including a potential breach and a class-action suit, around Meta Pixel and other web tracking tools, health systems should be considering “all the ways PHI may be used, disclosed and accessed,” says a former OCR investigator.
Tips and Traps: Conducting a HIPAA Security Rule Risk Analysis
Cathie Brown, Vice President, Consulting Services, Clearwater, speaks with Ryan Higgins, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, about what a HIPAA Security Rule Risk Analysis (HSRA) is and what it means to conduct an "OCR-compliant" risk analysis. They discuss how an...
Back to the Basics: HIPAA Compliance for Healthcare Organizations and Business Associates
WHITE PAPER Introduction Since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law in 1996, many healthcare organizations have struggled to fully understand and achieve compliance with HIPAA Privacy and Security mandates. That may never be more...
Anesthesiology Services Firm Faces 5 Class Action Lawsuits
Proposed class action lawsuits are stacking up against a New York anesthesiology administrative services firm for its July hacking incident that affected about 450,000 patients nationwide.
Healthcare’s Pixel problem: Meta-based marketing projects spur privacy questions
Reports that Meta’s Pixel tool was scraping health data from hospital websites has led to patient outcry, multiple massive breach reports from healthcare entities, denial from Facebook, and more than 50 lawsuits over the alleged privacy violations.
Chasing a Cyber Attacker: What Healthcare Organizations Can Learn About Mitigating Risk
This presentation is a recording of a web event given on 11/3/2022 by TECH LOCK's CTO, Steve Akers Overview The goal of increasing cyber resiliency acknowledges that even the best-designed security measures are not infallible; it’s how an organization can detect,...
Healthcare Sector Urged to Address OpenSSL Flaws
Healthcare organizations should be ready to find and patch instances of OpenSSL 3.0, warn cybersecurity experts.