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The healthcare world is becoming ever more reliant on IT and data center infrastructures. With any new type of technological advancement, the security conversation is always nearby. The reality is simple – the greater the reliance on a certain type more »
Digital certificate management can sometimes fall under the radar when discussing healthcare data security because of other security concerns. But make no mistake, internal security threats are a serious concern that bears watching and it’s important that security personnel prevent more »
With the increase in security threats, breaches and malicious activities, healthcare organizations are trying harder than ever to secure their environments. This means placing devices inside and even outside of their networks. In some cases, this level of security still isn’t enough. more »
Many healthcare organizations are truly starting to embrace using cloud computing to store their electronic health records (EHRs) and now have a better understanding of the controls needed to properly manage patient data. But with the new HIPAA omnibus rule in more »
Though Software as a Service (SaaS) is often referred to as a generally solid option for healthcare organizations looking to use cloud computing, the SaaS privacy and security implications can be ambiguous at times. In a recent blog post, John more »
Two important health IT security trends at HIMSS13 were mobile security and cloud security because of new technology and government rules and regulations such as HIPAA. Both rank fairly high on healthcare organizations’ priority lists and HealthITSecurity.com had a chance more »
There will be benefits and challenges with any technological innovation. This holds especially true for anything related cloud computing. We now have a multitude of different cloud model types where healthcare organizations can best use the available technology. Regardless of more »
NEW ORLEANS — Day one at HIMSS13 was certainly a busy one and HealthITSecurity.com met with a variety of attendees to lead about new security technologies and endeavors in 2013. TigerText opened the TigerText platform today to developers through TigerConnect, more »
The 2013 RSA Conference, a cryptography and information security conference held annually in San Francisco, has plenty of vendor product releases and news to keep up with. Read through the links below and check out continued HealthITSecurity.com coverage. Arxan Partners with HP to provide more »
The ability to extend an environment into the cloud has become a hot conversation topic among many healthcare IT professionals. Cloud-based applications, portals and information points are all good reasons to somehow connect the user environment to the cloud presence. more »
The Texas Department of Information Resources has officially bought into Microsoft Office 365 and with it the idea that it can maintain HIPAA compliance and avoid down time. Microsoft has entered into a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with Texas, more »
When encrypting healthcare cloud data, security officers need to reach a certain level of confidence with encryption keys and managing those keys. Since the data is no longer being housed on premise, there’s a strong reliance on managing patient data more »
One of the underlying sayings in IT is “do more with less.” This certainly holds true for the healthcare industry. Over the past few years, administrators have been tasked with creating a more robust and efficient environment capable of handling more »
An independent study – Digital Overload of Healthcare Information and Looming Deadlines Driving New Challenges for IT Executives – done by Level 3 Communications, Inc. delineated the infrastructure security thoughts and concerns of 100 healthcare provider CIOs and senior IT more »
Each type of cloud computing delivery model – Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) – presents different types of challenges for healthcare organizations trying to protect data privacy and authenticate more »
New virtualization and cloud technologies are helping healthcare organizations shape their security, management, and data center environments. However, in creating a solid platform, administrators must look at the various virtualization technologies which can create and maintain efficiencies on multiple levels. more »
Evaluating authentication methods presents a unique set of challenges for healthcare organizations. Multi-factor authentication adoption is becoming more frequent because BYOD and cloud data storage are gaining prominence. Furthermore, it will be included in HIPAA and HITECH (Phase 3) best more »
The current healthcare security landscape has come far beyond the traditional firewall and security policies. Now, healthcare organizations are faced with new challenges in how to best secure their environment and still provide a good user experience. With the introduction more »
Regulations and compliance metrics have always been a bit of a heavy weight on IT. The rapid pace of progress is mainly slowed by the bureaucracy trying to protect both the organization and the customer. This holds especially true for more »
It nearly goes without saying that how many healthcare CIOs, CISOs and IT managers approach healthcare cloud security in 2013 should be different than 2012. Though most healthcare data breaches have involved physical device theft, the fact remains that data more »
Many elements are at play when healthcare organizations decide whether they want start putting data into the cloud, whether it’s Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS). There’s the idea that more »
Forbes.com recently pulled together seven 2013 cloud computing predictions from various IT analysts and there were a couple of items that may prove to be extremely relevant to healthcare. Cloud computing in a healthcare setting is an interesting topic that more »
The question of how best to handle big data as it becomes more comprehensive (and in turn, valuable) isn’t going away anytime Health IT professionals. And securing large quantities of patient data will prove to be even more complex and more »
Cloud services is meant to give patient information better protection and privacy depending on how sensitive the information is. When a healthcare administrator or CIO chooses cloud services, they should make sure that they know how to make the best more »
