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The Food and Drug Administration has recognized a consensus standard to help medical device makers address cybersecurity concerns.

Nearly 15 years ago, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated that only 1.5% of acute care general medical and surgical hospitals had a comprehensive electronic health records system.

The Department of Health and Human Services recently released an advisory to help health care organizations protect their systems and networks from 8Base, a ransomware and data extortion gang targeting small- and medium-sized organizations in health care and other sectors.

By taking aim at shifting cyber defense responsibilities, the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy will help improve the nation’s cyber resilience, while disrupting cyberthreat operations, writes John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk.

The software services provider to non-profits announced it has agreed to pay 49 states and the District of Columbia this month to resolve investigations into a 2020 cyber hack and misleading data breach statements made to patients and consumers.

Cyber criminals are probing the defenses of health care providers every second of every day. Health care continues to be the number one targeted critical infrastructure sector as bad actors attempt to breach patients’ private data, phish for sensitive information and attempt to extort ransomware payments by disabling information and medical technology systems.

Protect your hospital from data destruction by hackers with multiple offline copies of secure, encrypted, and immutable backups, the American Hospital Association says.

As data breaches and data extortion become more common, the cybersecurity field in the U.S. is facing layoffs and shortages.

As data breaches and data extortion become more common, the cybersecurity field in the U.S. is facing layoffs and shortages.

Patients at HSHS locations should keep an extra sharp eye on their medical bills and credit accounts and report any spending they don’t recognize, a cyber expert said