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Ransomware attacks are a huge problem: in the past five years alone, they have brought about a state of emergency across vast swathes of the United States, threatened to topple the Costa Rican government, and brought Portugal's largest media conglomerate to its knees. And ransomware attackers show no signs of slowing down: last year, roughly one-third of all data… Read more →

The healthcare industry is progressing towards a more mature cybersecurity posture. However,  given it remains a popular attack target, more attention is needed. Results from The Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 reported that healthcare has had the highest industry cost of breach for 13 consecutive years, to the tune of $10.93M.   In 2022, the top 35 global security breaches… Read more →

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.  LevelBlue does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.  Cyberattacks have become increasingly common, with organizations of all types and sizes being targeted. The consequences of a successful cyberattack can be devastating. As a result,… Read more →

Healthcare organizations face a landscape that is increasingly riddled with complexities, threats, and a multitude of attack vectors.  The pandemic take a toll on hospitals and ransomware attacks increased significantly. Nevertheless, healthcare organizations must continue to provide patient care through various avenues that necessitate emerging and advanced digital solutions, like edge computing.  With that, comes cybersecurity risk.… Read more →

Five steps to ensuring the protection of patient data and ongoing risk management. Maintaining security and compliance with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is growing ever more challenging. The networks that house protected health information (PHI or ePHI) are becoming larger and more complex — especially as organizations move data to the cloud. At the same time,… Read more →