Cybersecurity: Page 8

KLAS reports concerns about cloud security
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Market research firm KLAS found that while healthcare users of cloud computing services give the technology and its vendors high marks, two-thirds of noncloud users interviewed for a new report say security and control are concerns.
March 14, 2013
Airport security scanners carry some radiation risk
By Rebekah Moan
VIENNA - Airport security scanners are safe for individuals, but when their effects are considered collectively, there is still a risk of cancer developing due to the machines, ECR 2013 delegates learned at a standing-room-only session on Thursday afternoon.
March 7, 2013
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HIMSS: Staffing, security are top concerns for HIT leaders
By Brian Casey
NEW ORLEANS - Recruiting and retaining healthcare IT personnel and ensuring data security in an era of bring-your-own mobile devices are among the top concerns of healthcare IT leaders, according to survey results presented on Monday at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting.
March 3, 2013
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HIMSS: Are you ready for a meaningful use audit?
By Cynthia E. Keen
NEW ORLEANS - Hey, meaningful users! Are you prepared to pass a federal privacy and security audit? You may not be, which can carry important consequences, participants learned at a Sunday symposium of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting.
March 3, 2013
CynergisTek, Iatric to show audit services at HIMSS 2013
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CynergisTek and Iatric Systems plan to unveil a new set of managed audit services that combine CynergisTek's services with Iatric's patient privacy monitoring product, Security Audit Manager.
February 27, 2013
HHS announces changes in HIPAA privacy laws
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it has taken steps to strengthen healthcare privacy and security protections established under HIPAA.
January 20, 2013
HIMSS survey finds improvements in data security
By Cynthia E. Keen
Thanks in part to the U.S. government's meaningful use initiative, U.S. hospitals have increased security to protect their electronic records, according to the fifth annual security survey from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Physician practices, however, have not been as progressive.
December 20, 2012
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LockPath adds security framework to Keylight software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Risk assessment and security compliance software firm LockPath plans to integrate the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) Common Security Framework (CSF) with its Keylight platform.
December 17, 2012
Hackers hold medical records for ransom in Australia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Seven years of patients' electronic medical records at a medical clinic in Miami, Queensland, are being held for ransom by hackers, according to Australian television channel ABC News.
December 13, 2012
Manchester to ditch 'backscatter' x-ray airport scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Manchester Airport in the U.K. announced on September 17 that it will not renew a program to test airport security scanners based on backscatter x-rays.
September 16, 2012
Digital watermarks guard integrity of 3D images
By Erik L. Ridley
Although undetected tampering of medical images by hackers or other parties may seem a remote prospect, research initiatives are under way to ensure it doesn't happen. A Singapore team has developed a tamper detection scheme based on digital watermarks that can determine if volumetric medical images have been altered.
August 6, 2012
Confused about cybersecurity? Resources are here to help
By Cynthia E. Keen
As the healthcare industry ramps up its adoption of electronic health records, and radiologists increasingly add mobile devices and cloud archiving to their digital mix, questions about the security of digital data should escalate. Just how safe and impenetrable are imaging data?
June 7, 2012
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