Healthcare IoT and medical device cybersecurity specialist, Cylera, has formed its first Advisory Council bringing together World leaders in cybersecurity to share insight and drive innovation to help tackle the myriad of security challenges facing today’s rapidly digitalising healthcare sector.  As a critical infrastructure, healthcare remains a top target for cybercriminals with access to rich […]

Armis, a leading asset visibility and security company, has released new research identifying the top connected medical and IoT devices that are exposed to malicious activity in clinical environments. Data analysed from the Armis Asset Intelligence and Security Platform – which tracks over three billion assets – found nurse call systems to be the riskiest IoMT device, […]

Debra Miller – Digital Marketing Communications Manager, HID, speaks to us about how biometric authentication provides a cure for the common password.  From 2019 through 2021, nearly 1,900 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records have been reported to the Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. Those breaches exposed the sensitive and supposedly protected […]

Roche Diagnostics Middle East FZCO has set a new milestone as the first in-vitro diagnostics company in the Middle East to secure the prestigious ISO27001 Information Security certification in recognition of its exceptional commitment to protecting patient data information and building trust across the region. The certification was awarded following a rigorous evaluation process of […]

Palo Alto Networks has announced Medical IoT Security – one of the most comprehensive Zero Trust security solutions for medical devices – enabling healthcare organisations to deploy and manage new connected technologies quickly and securely. Zero Trust is a strategic approach to cybersecurity that secures an organisation by eliminating implicit trust by continuously verifying every user […]

Noname Security, an API security platform, has announced it has partnered with Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental health insurance in the United States, to protect Aflac’s global estate of APIs. Noname Security provides both API discovery and API runtime protection to give Aflac full visibility into every type of API it has, as well […]

Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor, has announced additional findings for the healthcare sector from its global 2022 Cloud Security Report. Nearly two-thirds (61%) of respondents in the healthcare industry suffered a cyberattack on their cloud infrastructure within the last 12 months, compared to 53% for other verticals. Phishing was the most common type of attack reported. […]

Following the news that Medibank, Australia’s biggest health insurer, became victim of a data breach, the organisation has provided an update. In a recent statement, it confirmed that it has successfully taken offline its ahm and international policy systems and its data, and it is now in the process of methodically restarting its systems. The […]

Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company, and Armis, a leading asset visibility and security company, have announced a joint solution designed to stop breaches across IT and OT environments. The solution builds cyber-resilience throughout the hybrid attack surface by delivering comprehensive visibility and asset intelligence across Information Technology (IT), Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational […]

After identifying and analyzing 106 highly publicised ransomware attacks over the past 12 months, Barracuda researchers have found that the education (15%), municipality (12%), healthcare (12%), infrastructure (8%) and financial (6%) sectors are the five most targeted by adversaries. The analysis reveals that ransomware attacks on educational institutions more than doubled compared to the previous […]