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Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Difficult to Maintain, How a Security Operations Center Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

The mission of a SOC is to protect valuable customer/client data, protected health information, and intellectual property, achieved primarily through the prioritization, collection, and processing of security logs. What Should Be Included in a SOC?

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

Healthcare IT Today

John Chenoweth, Chief Product Security Officer at Elekta The critical mission for cyber security in healthcare is protecting patient data and ensuring continuity of care. To accomplish this, it takes a complete team effort, from device manufacturers to software developers and hospital IT security teams.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare firms have long been targets for cyber criminals. They handle data like protected health information (PHI), intellectual property (IP), clinical trial data and payment card data, giving attackers many options to cash in, and healthcare is a critical infrastructure industry that can be hardest hit by ransomware attacks.

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