A cyber attack that crippled Washington, DC-area healthcare provider MedStar this week is another reminder of vulnerabilities that hospitals face. The MedStar attack came a month after a Los Angeles hospital paid hackers $17,000 to regain control of its…
Two more hospitals in Southern California were attacked by hackers using ransomware, a software program that encrypts and locks data on a computer. Servers were disrupted last week at Chino Valley Medical Center in Chino and Desert Valley Hospital…
According to research firm Gartner, there will be more connected devices than humans by 2017. U.S. intelligence officials and security firms have identified data sabotage, the subtle tweaking of data within transactions to gain some type of benefit, as one…
For companies with large workforces, these wearables offer new ways to measure worker productivity and safety. For employees the benefits of wearing a device come from sharing their data with health-insurance providers, typically getting better terms on insurance. But collecting data…
New Jersey’s state Supreme Court recently ruled that an insurance company was not responsible for a settlement after the insurer denied coverage over late notice disclaimers. The case involved a Directors and Officers claims made policy, a policy type that…
