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Clearwater CyberIntelligence Institute® Study Finds Laptops Still a Significant Data Security Risk for Hospitals and Health Systems

Endpoint data loss, excessive user permissions, and dormant accounts make up 70 percent of all high and critical risk scenarios for laptop vulnerabilities at hospitals and health systems across the country, according to new findings released by the Clearwater CyberIntelligence Institute (CCI), which leverages insights from Clearwater’s proprietary database—the industry’s largest and most complete database focused exclusively on the unique cybersecurity risk profiles of hospitals, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) and business associates. Despite efforts to make laptops more secure, the CCI study found they remain a Top 10 cybersecurity risk for hospitals and health systems. 

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HIMSS19 to Showcase Compliance, Device Security, Vendor Management

Visitors can visit the HIMSS19 Cybersecurity Command Center at the Orange County Convention Center. Hosting security vendors like Cisco, Clearwater, FairWarning, MimeCast, IBM Security, and many others, attendees can visit these booths for conversations around security & get answers to some of the most pressing security questions.

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Clearwater, Digital Reasoning launch healthcare-focused cyber risk partnership

Local cyber risk management company Clearwater has signed a three-year contract to help artificial intelligence firm Digital Reasoning protect the masses of personal health data it is crunching. Clearwater said its platform will give Digital Reasoning “administrative, technical and physical safeguards” that will be combined with workforce training, policies and procedures to safeguard information.

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Clearwater Connects With Digital Reasoning

Local cyber risk management company Clearwater has signed a three-year contract to help artificial intelligence firm Digital Reasoning protect the masses of personal health data it is crunching. Clearwater said its platform will give Digital Reasoning “administrative, technical and physical safeguards” that will be combined with workforce training, policies and procedures to safeguard information.

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Why Many Cybersecurity Programs Fall Short On Protection

Healthcare leaders representing high-scoring 2018 Most Wired recipient organizations and supporting CHIME Foundation firms joined CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell in an executive roundtable discussion about key findings in a report based on the Most Wired survey results. Only 29 percent of survey respondents reported having a comprehensive security program in place, something Branzell described in his role as moderator as “a serious surprise.”

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