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Ransomware Attack Taught Lessons on Health Sector Resiliency, Vendor RedundancyIt's been one year since hackers attacked IT services provider Change Healthcare, quickly shutting down critical processes for thousands healthcare entities, triggering a data breach affecting 190 million people. So what top lessons are emerging from that massive disruption and data compromise?

It's critical for healthcare providers that offer telehealth and remote patient monitoring services to incorporate these systems into their organizational risk programs, including how they plan to address issues such as patch management from afar, said attorney Betsy Hodge of the law firm Akerman.

Demand for Cloud Security Skills Is Growing, Offering Good Pay and New ChallengesCloud services support a wide range of applications from finance to healthcare systems and have become prime targets for cybercriminals, making cloud security a major concern for cybersecurity organizations. The need to secure the cloud is driving demand for skilled cloud security specialists.

DOJ Says Contractor Falsely Claimed to Meet Critical Cyber RequirementsA military health benefits administrator has agreed to pay $11.2 million to settle allegations that the company falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity requirements - including patch management - for three years in a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense.

Information-Stealing Malware Continues to Feed Markets for Stolen CredentialsDefense sector and military agency employees, and artificial intelligence service users, all show signs of having been infected by information-stealing malware, as the market for buying and selling stolen credentials continues to thrive, experts warn.

States will increasingly be stepping up to fill gaps in the healthcare sector with new cyber legislation and requirements as the Trump administration promises to roll back regulations, predicts attorney Amy Magnano of the law firm Morgan Lewis' healthcare practice.