When it comes to securing devices, businesses are facing quite the challenge. 90% of IT security pros find that connected devices will be a major security issue this year and for medical devices, the picture is looking even harder.
Recently, Feinstein Institute, a research institution, agreed to pay $3.9 million for a HIPAA settlement; after a 2012 OCR health data breach investigation. A costly expense that could have been avoided if the institution had set up a holistic information security posture to cover all their bases.
A recent study on the state of employee cybersecurity shows why employees are still such a risk for organizations. One of the biggest problems: employees have yet to acquire a behavior that protects the enterprise network from vulnerabilities and security risks…
A recent KPMG report found that many healthcare organizations are not collecting data on attacks nor are they managing them effectively and might be underreporting the actual number of breaches. These findings are of great concern when the number of cyber-attacks directed at healthcare organizations is increasing.
Taking advantage of the enterprise operations benefits that come with the cloud doesn’t have to come at a price. A look at practical information security steps helps businesses to overcome the security obstacles that continue to hinder cloud adoption…