Pitney Bowes says it was infected by file-encrypting malware that has affected online accounts and mailing products but that client data doesn't appear to be at risk. The postage meter maker says "all options" are being considered for recovery, meaning that it could pay a ransom.
Nation-state attackers have been targeting known flaws that customers have yet to patch in their Pulse Secure, Palo Alto and Fortinet VPN servers, Britain's National Cyber Security Center warns, adding that any organization that didn't immediately apply patches should review logs for signs of hacking.
Cybercrime is surging thanks, in part, to the availability of inexpensive hacking tools and services. A recent look by security firm Armour at black market offerings finds stolen payment card data, RDP credentials, ransomware and DDoS services are widely available for sale.
Chinese advanced persistent threat groups are targeting cancer research organizations across the globe with the goal of stealing their work and using it to help the country address growing cancer rates among its population, according to researchers at cybersecurity company FireEye.
The traditional IAM strategy has been to tie individual users with a unique device. But that doesn't work in healthcare settings, where doctors and nurses often share multiple devices. Jigar Kadakia of Partners HealthCare talks about how he approaches this critical challenge.
Encouraged by the moves of medical device manufacturers, Jennings Aske, CISO of NY Presbyterian Hospital, says the "state of the union" of medical device security has improved dramatically. But what more is needed to mitigate risks?
In this session, HHS OCR provides an update on its latest HIPAA compliance and regulatory efforts - including possible modifications to the HIPAA rules. Then a panel of experts discusses:
Latest health data breach trends, including soaring hacker incidents;
The evolving regulatory climate and its impact on health...
What approaches are healthcare entities taking with their credentialing and IAM to better verify and manage the identities of patients, clinicians, researchers, vendors and others who want or need access to health and other critical data? Our panelists Cris Ewell, CISO at UW Medicine and Jigar Kadakia, CISO and chief...
Suzanne Schwartz, MD, Associate Director for Science and Strategic Partnerships, at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, will provide an update on FDA's medical device cyber efforts. That includes the status of a draft update to the cybersecurity guidance for premarket...
The federal government says it will scrutinize healthcare providers and health IT vendors that participate in so-called "information blocking." But what are the top technical challenges and other barriers in ensuring that health information is being appropriately, legally and securely shared with clinicians, patients...
What are the new data security, patient safety and privacy worries evolving with each new cyberattack on the healthcare sector? Our panel of experts - Jigar Kadakia, CISO of Partners HealthCare; Michael McNeil, global security officer at Philips; and Chris Frenz, CISO Interfaith Medical Center - will discuss what...
Insider threat and email attack risks are a major issue in the health industry, 95% of IT executives have identified insider threats as a top concern in last 12 months, 79% think employees have put data at risk accidentally and 61% say employees have done so maliciously.
In this session will look at how...
The U.S. Department of Justice just indicted two alleged hackers in China in the highly sophisticated cyberattack on health insurer Anthem that exposed data on nearly 80 million Americans. Meanwhile, ransomware, business email compromises, intellectual property theft and other headline-grabbing breaches and...
More cloud? Definitely more goals. Healthcare technology leaders are in a constant struggle to do more with fewer resources. Is the organization's security strategy the root of the problem or an enabling factor to ensure patient safety while improving the quality of healthcare delivery? Come learn how to control the...
How do you find a needle in a haystack - whether it's a malicious insider or clues that a massive or devastating cyberattack could be underway? Our panel - including Mitch Parker, CISO at Indiana University Health System; and Jennings Aske, CISO NY Presbyterian - will discuss:
Challenges and approaches to breach,...
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