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Healthcare Cybersecurity Gaps Remain Despite Massive Spending Increases

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The following is a guest article by Rob Shavell, CEO at DeleteMe Healthcare cybersecurity is currently experiencing explosive growth. Healthcare was the most breached industry in 2024, and UnitedHealth is still sending breach notices about the Change Healthcare attack, which exposed the data of over 190 million people last year.

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The Healthcare Cybersecurity Ecosystem: A System in Need of Comprehensive Care

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The following is a guest article by Andrew Mahler, JD, CIPP/US, AIGP, CHC, CHPC, CHRC , Vice President of Privacy, Compliance Services at Clearwater When the healthcare information ecosystem operates as it should, it mirrors a healthy circulatory system. Private Equity: The Overlooked Cybersecurity Front Other players amplify the stakes.

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The Detrimental Impact of Tech Debt in the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industries

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Technical debt (tech debt), referring to the deferred maintenance and upgrades of a system, is commonly accrued in the healthcare and life sciences industries. Of that exposure, 59% is attributed to data breach potential, 23% is attributed to ransomware risk, and 18% is attributed to interruption loss categories.

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Training Your Staff From Becoming a Vulnerability to Your Healthcare Organization

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Bill Murphy, Director of Security & Compliance at LeanTaaS Hospitals and health systems store vast amounts of sensitive data, and data security breaches have far-reaching consequences. The impact of a data breach on an organization’s reputation and bottom line is also profound.

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Weekly Roundup – April 5, 2025

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Chris Larkin at Concord Technologies described how extracting key information from clinical documents can streamline workflows and get the right data into clinicians’ hands quickly. Read more… Unleashing Your Data Archives to Empower AI Efforts. Read more… How Data Storytelling Spotlights the Customer Voice.

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Measures You Should be Implementing in Your Organization to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity and Protect Your Patient Data

Healthcare IT Today

We asked them – with this ongoing era of increasing cyber threats, what measures are organizations implementing or should be implementing to strengthen the cybersecurity of healthcare systems and protect patient data ? Healthcare organizations must find a way to develop more proactivity in their cybersecurity approach.

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Considerations and Safeguards Addressing Potential Vulnerabilities in Connected Medical Devices and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Healthcare IT Today

Marlena Herrera, Director of Customer Success at Protegrity In the Healthcare industry sensitive data is commonly thought of as Personally Identifiable Information [PII]. Pratik Maroo, Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Zensar It is estimated that the value of medical IoT devices will be $467.25