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Helping Healthcare Organizations Stay Agile and Protect Data

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Helping Healthcare Organizations Stay Agile and Protect Data by Pure Storage Blog Imagine that your healthcare business pays $22 million in cryptocurrency to cybercriminals to recover data and systems encrypted in a ransomware attack that targeted a subsidiary, causing massive disruption across the industry. According to the U.S.

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Cybersecurity in healthcare: How MSPs help safeguard patient data

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Many healthcare organizations can no longer function without relying on electronic health records (EHRs) and other technological advancements in healthcare. EHR and other healthcare tech tools make things faster and more efficient for healthcare providers. And how could they not?

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Helping Healthcare Organizations Stay Agile and Protect Data

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Helping Healthcare Organizations Stay Agile and Protect Data by Pure Storage Blog Imagine that your healthcare business needs to pay cybercriminals tens of millions of dollars to recover data and systems encrypted in a ransomware attack. Investing in security also needs to become a higher priority for many healthcare businesses.

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The hidden costs of shadow IT: How unsanctioned tech impacts your budget

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In 2013, thieves stole two laptops from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ), the state’s largest healthcare provider. Compliance issues Industries such as healthcare or finance have strict regulations regarding data handling. Addressing these needs and finding safe alternatives can help mitigate the risks.

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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

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Passing or sharing the risk via insurance, joint venture, or another arrangement. Mitigating or reducing the risk by internal controls or other risk-prevention measures. Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) provides a common risk mitigation vocabulary to help you to address security practice weaknesses.

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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

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The reactions to risk include: Acceptance or toleration of a risk; Prevention or termination of a risk; Passing or sharing the risk via insurance, joint venture, or another arrangement; Mitigating or reducing the risk by internal control procedures or other risk-prevention measures. ERM’s Ultimate Objective.

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5 Most common HIPAA compliance mistakes to avoid

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If your New Jersey business handles protected health information (PHI), then it should comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). As part of HIPAA compliance, covered entities are required to regularly assess their risks and put strategies in place to mitigate them.