Survey Reveals How Leaders are Overcoming Cybersecurity Hurdles
Over 70 percent of cybersecurity leaders from various sectors have transferred at least half of their organization’s data to the cloud, according to a recent survey conducted by Corinium...Most Healthcare Organizations Expect to Be Ransomware Targets
A recent survey published by IT security company Sophos reveals that 63 percent of healthcare organizations that weren’t impacted by ransomware last year expect to be the target of a ransomware...What Data Privacy Risks Are Associated with Mobile Health Apps?
In an analysis of over 20,000 mobile health (mHealth) apps available in the Google Play marketplace, researchers found that 88 percent contained code that had the ability to collect user data,...Cloud Security Alliance Releases Telehealth Risk Management Paper
A recent paper from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) provides guidance on HIPAA compliance, cybersecurity, and telehealth risk management. The paper offers best practices for data use, storage, and...The Telehealth Security Impact: Now and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 response resulted in a virtual care boom that’s expected to last well beyond the pandemic. As telehealth continues to support the shift in healthcare, ensuring a minimal security...MA AG Questions Retail Pharmacy Use of Patient COVID-19 Vaccine Data
After reports that personally identifiable information is being unnecessarily collected from patients seeking the COVID-19 vaccine, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy sent a letter to...Sponsored by Avanan
Why Providers Must Prepare for a Ransomware Attack
As COVID-19 hit, so too did ransomware. In the United States, an attack hit at least 26 healthcare providers between January and May. Most notable was a malware attack on the University of...Breach Victims File Class Action Lawsuit Against Einstein Healthcare
Einstein Healthcare Network is facing a class-action lawsuit, following the August 2020 hack of several employee email accounts. The breach victims claim the Pennsylvania-based health system failed to...VA Health Records Protocols Probed, Following Sexual Harassment Reports
A group of 50 Congressional members sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, after multiple reports of sexual harassment claims made by women veterans and employees....Sponsored Article
Addressing the Security Vulnerabilities of Internal Communication Platforms
More and more organizations across all sectors are using Slack and Microsoft Teams for remote collaboration and communication. The NHS in England, for example, has used Microsoft Teams to communicate...Proposed Data Privacy Bill Creates Federal Data Standard, Empowers FTC
Rep. Suzan Delbene, D-Washington, introduced a national consumer data privacy bill, which would create a federal data privacy standard and supersede the patchwork of state laws. The proposed...CDT, eHI Share Proposed Consumer Health Data Privacy Framework
The Center for Democracy & Technology and the eHealth Initiative & Foundation (eHI) released a newly proposed consumer health data privacy framework, which aims to better secure the privacy of...Proposed Public Health Emergency Bill Targets COVID-19 Tech Privacy
A group of Democratic Senators and Congressional membersproposed legislation meant to tackle the privacy and security issues tied to technologies used for the COVID-19 response, including contact...Fertility App Premom Sued Over Alleged Data Sharing with China
Easy Healthcare Corp., the owner of fertility app Premom, is being sued by an app user, over claims the company shared personal data with third-party data collection firms in China -- without user...Philly DA Investigating Possible COVID-19 Vaccine Privacy Violation
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health abruptly ended its contract with Philly Fighting COVID, tasked with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, over allegations that the startup...FBI: Ragnar Locker Ransomware Attacks Increase With Data Theft Risk
The FBI is urging private sector organizations to be on alert for Ragnar Locker ransomware attacks, which frequently lead to data theft, following a rapid increase in cyberattacks. First observed in...COVID-19 Sites Plagued with Third-Party Tracking, Posing Privacy Risk
Nearly all webpages tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and designed to help individuals find information about the coronavirus contain code that transfers data to third parties, which can pose serious...OCR Updates HIPAA Resource for mHealth Apps, Cloud Computing
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights updated and renamed its former Health App Developer Portal as a HIPAA resource page for mobile health apps, APIs, and...CDT, eHI Unveil Draft Consumer Health Data Privacy Framework
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and eHealth Initiative and Foundation (eHI) released its draft consumer health data privacy framework designed to define data in need...Sponsored by Jumio
