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Healthcare is the delivery of clinical care and related services through hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies, insurers, and connected medical devices. It depends on electronic health records (EHRs), patient identity systems, diagnostic and imaging platforms, medication and scheduling systems, and data exchanges between organizations. These environments hold sensitive health and payment information, while the availability and integrity of systems can affect treatment, diagnostics, and patient safety.
Security concerns include unauthorized access or disclosure of records, alteration of clinical data, and disruption of care through attacks on EHRs, connected devices, or third-party services. Defenses require risk-based access controls, strong authentication, network separation where appropriate, secure device and software maintenance, backups that support clinical continuity, and tested downtime and incident-response procedures. Vulnerability management must account for legacy systems and devices that cannot be patched quickly. Privacy and compliance obligations, such as HIPAA in the United States, shape how organizations collect, use, share, retain, and report health information.
Mercedes, Skoda, and Volkswagen vehicles, as well as untold industrial, medical, mobile, and consumer devices, may be exposed to a vulnerable Bluetooth implementation called "PerfektBlue."
Rural hospitals and small medical practices must be creative and open-minded in when it comes locking down their digital footprint, said Jim Roeder, vice president of IT at Lakewood Health System. There's help from the private- and public-sectors and open source tools.
As healthcare providers and their vendors develop and implement agentic artificial intelligence and other AI tools, they need to throughly understand data privacy risks under HIPAA and other laws, said attorney Jordan Cohen of law firm Akerman LLP.
Island CEO Mike Fey on Drivers for SASE, Identity Features in Enterprise BrowserIsland co-founder and CEO Mike Fey outlines how the enterprise browser is evolving through AI, SASE and hyperscaler investments to enhance governance, reduce backhaul traffic and support secure access across diverse industries such as healthcare and finance.
Settlement Follows Federal Investigation Into Data Leak and Ransomware AttackA Texas mental healthcare provider's failure to conduct a comprehensive risk analysis resulted in a $225,000 federal fine after regulators investigated a data leak followed by a ransomware attack in 2023. Deer Oaks Behavioral Health also must implement a corrective action plan.
Trend Micro has observed the Bert ransomware group in operation since April 2025, with confirmed victims in sectors including healthcare, technology and event services
Plus: Qantas makes contact with 'potential cyber criminal' While the aviation industry has borne the brunt of Scattered Spider's latest round of social engineering attacks, the criminals aim to catch manufacturing and medical tech companies — and even Chipotle Mexican Grill — in tjeor web, as evidenced by hundreds of domains that security researchers say look a lot like phishing websites used by the criminal crews.…
345 Major HIPAA Breaches Reported to Feds So Far This Year, Affecting 29.9 MillionMidway through 2025, the federal website listing major health data breaches in the U.S. shows a familiar scene: Many hacking incidents including ransomware, dozens of third-party vendor incidents, and millions of individuals affected by compromised personal data.