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Protecting Medical Data Against a Cyber-Attack Pandemic

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Besides dealing with the public health pandemic, healthcare providers must deal with another pandemic: cyber-attacks. Hospitals and healthcare organizations were an attractive target even before the coronavirus pandemic. Expanding the use of telemedicine, transforming healthcare access for remote patients.

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How to Prepare for the Future of Healthcare Digital Security

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In this blog post, I’ll discuss how healthcare enterprises can not only meet these challenges, but go beyond compliance to best practice to secure their data and their reputations. The Meaningful Use portion of the HITECH Act provided healthcare organizations a carrot to encourage the adoption of electronic health records.

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Access Management is Essential for Strengthening OT Security

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Although the attack against Colonial Pipeline deservedly gained news attention, ransomware attacks have increasingly disrupted the sectors of food, healthcare and transportation. Healthcare sector. The alert detailed cyber threats which can lead to ransomware, data theft and disruption of healthcare services.

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Protecting Medical Data Against a Cyber-Attack Pandemic

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Besides dealing with the public health pandemic, healthcare providers must deal with another pandemic: cyber-attacks. Hospitals and healthcare organizations were an attractive target even before the coronavirus pandemic. Expanding the use of telemedicine, transforming healthcare access for remote patients.

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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

However, simple actions like adopting multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting sensitive data everywhere should be exercised throughout the year and not just during that month. The rising reliance on cloud platforms creates an expanded attack surface for threat actors and adversarial nation-states to exploit.

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Trusting in technology: the need for greater assurance in connected health

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Whether offering instant access to patient records, allowing remote diagnosis of treatment, or giving access to lifestyle management and monitoring apps, it’s undeniable that the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected services are revolutionising the healthcare industry.

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The Ongoing Cyber Threat to Critical Infrastructure

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With that in mind, Thales has launched the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition, which includes responses from 300 security leaders and practitioners within critical infrastructure organizations. Download the full Thales 2022 Data Threat Report for the Critical Infrastructure for more information.