Healthcare IT News October 31, 2024
At the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Thursday, leaders from the Health Sector Coordinating Council offered advice for a collaborative layered defense to help health systems bolster responsiveness and stabilize their security postures.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Halloween this Thursday at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, attendees heard a fright-inducing list of recent Healthcare IT News headlines, all from just this October:
- A warning this week from the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center about Scattered Spider – an appropriately creepy-crawly name – a cybercrime group that leverages ransomware variants and AI for advanced social engineering exploits, such as voice spoofs and deep fakes, targeting healthcare.
- A report from the Ponemon Institute earlier this month showed that, even as cybersecurity...