Security

The healthcare cybersecurity priorities for 2023

Richard Barretto, Chief Information Security Officer, Progress, speaks to us about the priorities healthcare organisations should be addressing in 2023. Cybercriminals are primarily hunting for sensitive data and the healthcare industry is the second most...

Arista Networks introduces AI-driven network identity

Arista Networks, a leading provider of cloud networking solutions, has announced a cloud-delivered, AI-driven network identity service for enterprise security and IT operations. Based on Arista’s flagship CloudVision platform, Arista Guardian for...

Immuta awarded Snowflake Healthcare and Life Sciences Competency badge

Immuta, a data security leader, has announced that it has been awarded the Snowflake Healthcare and Life Sciences Competency badge for its innovation in the Snowflake Healthcare and Life Sciences Data Cloud. Immuta is extending the depth of its data...

90% of IT professionals have experienced a cybersecurity breach

Skyhigh Security has released The Data Dilemma: Cloud Adoption and Risk Report, focusing on the prevailing problem of how to protect data that is used, shared and stored in today’s hybrid and cloud-first enterprise environments. The report...

UK Government sets out strategy to protect NHS from cyberattacks

Patients will benefit from bolstered protection to the nation’s health and adult social care services as a new cybersecurity strategy for England is published. The cybersecurity strategy for health and adult social care sets out a...

Health Gorilla achieves HITRUST certification

Health Gorilla, a leading health information network and interoperability provider, has announced its Health Interoperability Platform has earned certified status for information security by HITRUST. HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) certified status...

CISO lessons from the Clop ransomware attack targeting healthcare data  

The recent Clop ransomware attack exploited a zero-day vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT to breach the data of more than 130 healthcare organisations. Here, Shankar Somasundaram, CEO of Asimily, addresses this breach and how companies in this sector can...

The growing risk of fraud in the NHS – how to protect your organisation’s future

With how outdated the NHS’ legacy systems are, it is no wonder fraud is rampant across the organisation. Nigel Hall, Director Client Solutions at Netcall, and Tom Houston, Client Partner for Healthcare at Gobeyond Partners, tell us...

New research reveals the opportunities Zero Trust creates for healthcare security  

Zero Trust Architecture has gained paramount importance as the healthcare industry starts to include more connected Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices, Augmented Reality and robotics within care pathways. However, the Zero Trust model – never...

How the healthcare sector can mitigate cloud security threats 

Cyberattacks among UK healthcare facilities are only increasing, with many systems being outdated and lacking proper security. Here, Dirk Schrader, VP of Security Research at Netwrix, speaks to us about how organisations in this space can utilise the cloud,...

Ordr and Sodexo create managed cybersecurity service for healthcare devices 

Ordr, a leader in connected device security, has announced that it has partnered with  Sodexo Healthcare Technology Management to deliver a managed HTM and cybersecurity solution that combines the strengths of Ordr’s connected device...

Biometric authentication – a cure for the common password 

Debra Miller – Digital Marketing Communications Manager, HID, speaks to us about how biometric authentication provides a cure for the common password.  From 2019 through 2021, nearly 1,900 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more...