FDA Aims To Improve Medical Device Security
The agency has issued proposed draft recommendations to guide incorporation of cybersecurity protections into medical devices at the time of manufacture.
The agency has issued proposed draft recommendations to guide incorporation of cybersecurity protections into medical devices at the time of manufacture.
States are enacting legislation that would require health care providers to violate patients’ privacy rights under HIPAA.
Proposed changes that could directly impact practices include shortening the timeframe for responding to patient requests for records.
Breaches involving user names and passwords soared 450% in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with 2019, according to the ForgeRock 2021 Consumer Identity Breach Report.
Medical information is especially valuable to data thieves for a number of reasons.
The biggest security risk is that legacy systems have no vendor support, putting them at heightened risk for cyberattacks.
Hackers target vulnerabilities using legitimate software packages, a cybersecurity specialist says.
28.1% of apps provided no privacy policies; 47% of user data transmission complied with privacy policy
Many healthcare providers are unclear as to when a request is made by an individual pursuant to a HIPAA authorization versus a HIPAA access request, particularly when a patient wants records to be sent to a third party, a HIPAA compliance officer at a law firm explained.
The goal is to help public health departments collect information vital to their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.