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How Zero Trust Accelerates a More Secure Infrastructure for Healthcare

This blog is part of “ZTNA Partners,” a series where we take a closer look at how our partnerships protect today's hybrid workforces and environments with ZTNA 2.0.

Cybersecurity has always been a uniquely important priority for healthcare. And that is especially true today, as organizations face new and significa...

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Jun 30, 2022

By Tapan Mehta and Salwa Rafee

Palo Alto Networks

Products and Services

Partners

Healthcare, IoT, IoT Security

MDS2: A Treasure Trove for Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Security

MDS2 (Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security) documents are probably the best resource to maximize clinical IoT security, as they contain invaluable informat...

Jan 26, 2022

By Kalyan Siddam

Healthcare, IoT Security

The New Health Law and Its Implications for Securing Healthcare Organizatio...

Earlier this year, H.R. 7898 was signed into Public Law No 116-321 amending the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The new statute require...

Feb 19, 2021

By Anand Oswal

CSO Perspective, Healthcare, Secure the Cloud

Healthcare Hot Seat: 3 Things to Remember About Cloud Compliance

The global healthcare cloud computing market is expected to grow to $35 billion by 2022. But not all cloud adoption is created equal. Some healthcare...

Feb 11, 2019

By Paul Calatayud

Healthcare, Predictions

2018 Predictions & Recommendations: Advances in Machine Learning Will ...

This post is part of an ongoing blog series examining predictions and recommendations for cybersecurity in 2018.

Nov 17, 2017

By Matt Mellen

Healthcare

The UK's National Health Service: A New Cybersecurity Dawn?

This Palo Alto Networks blog looks at the significant changes coming in cybersecurity for the NHS. We explore:

Sep 26, 2017

By Claire Silcock

Healthcare

Epic App-ID Is Now Live

Through cooperation with Epic and some customer volunteers, we are happy to announce a new Epic App-ID that will facilitate the safe enablement of Epic application traffic on healthcare provider networks. Epic is an electronic medical record (EMR) application used by ma...

Jul 27, 2017

By Matt Mellen

Customer Spotlight, Healthcare

Customer Spotlight: Fisher-Titus Medical Center Rehabilitates Security Post...

Fisher-Titus Medical Center provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art healthcare services for more than 70,000 people throughout North Central Ohio. The medical center is known for...

Apr 13, 2017

By Leiann Bonnet

Cloud Computing, Healthcare

This Is The Year to Prioritize Cloud Security In Healthcare

A version of this article originally appeared in Health Data Management.A tremendous amount of healthcare data in the U.S. will be moved to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Micros...

Mar 08, 2017

By Matt Mellen

Healthcare, Predictions

2017 Cybersecurity Predictions: Ransomware and SaaS Challenges Persist in H...

This post is part of an ongoing blog series examining “Sure Things” (predictions that are almost guaranteed to happen) and “Long Shots” (predictions that are less likely to happen)...

Dec 05, 2016

By Matt Mellen

Endpoint, Healthcare, PCI compliance

Achieve PCI DSS and HIPAA Compliance with Traps

In August 2016 we announced Traps advanced endpoint protection version 3.4 and the reception has been extremely positive. We currently have over 500 Traps customers, and we continue to see rapid uptake. As part...

Oct 04, 2016

By Dal Gemmell

Customer Spotlight, Healthcare

Customer Spotlight: Canadian Healthcare Company Gets to the Heart of the Ma...

As with any healthcare organization, protecting patient’s personal health information is top priority. CBI Health Group, one of the leading healthcare providers in Canada, depends...

Aug 18, 2016

By Rae Harrison

Healthcare, Malware

How to Interpret HHS Guidance on Ransomware as a HIPAA Breach

Until recently, the healthcare industry has been up in arms on whether ransomware infections should be considered reportable Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HI...

Jul 25, 2016

By Matt Mellen

Healthcare, Malware

Tips to Prevent Ransomware in Healthcare Environments

If 2015 was the year of the healthcare breach, 2016 is shaping up to be the year of ransomware.By this time last year, 105 healthcare breaches had been reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic...

May 12, 2016

By Matt Mellen

CIO/CISO, Cloud Computing, Healthcare

Healthcare Organizations: How to Get Ahead of Unapproved Cloud-Based File-S...

Cloud-based file-sharing tools such as Box, Dropbox, SugarSync and Google Drive can cause major security issues for healthcare organizations. And as a...

Jan 20, 2016

By Matt Mellen

Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Firewall, Healthcare, Mobility, Predictions, Service Providers, Threat Prevention

2016 Predictions: What's In Store for Cybersecurity?

Palo Alto Networks experts published a series of cybersecurity predictions for 2016 on topics ranging from healthcare and public cloud security to mob...

Dec 29, 2015

By Anna Lough

Healthcare, Predictions

2016 Predictions #7: Healthcare Technology Advances Will Open Up New Attack...

This is the seventh in our series of cybersecurity predictions for 2016. Stay tuned for more through the end of the year.

Dec 07, 2015

By Matt Mellen

Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Security Platform

80% of Healthcare Executives Report Compromised IT Systems Due to Cyberatta...

“Four-fifths of executives at healthcare providers and payers say their information technology has been compromised by cyber-attacks,” according to a...

Sep 02, 2015

By Matt Mellen

Cybersecurity, Healthcare, SCADA & ICS

Tip of the Iceberg: FDA’s Alert to Unplug Hospira’s Drug Infusion Pumps fro...

On July 31, the FDA issued an alert advising healthcare facilities to stop using Hospira's Symbiq drug infusion pump due to a security vulnerability. ...

Aug 04, 2015

By Matt Mellen

Healthcare, Vertical

Ensuring Better Security at Healthcare Payers

In a recent article for Enterprise Innovation, Joe Green, Palo Alto Networks VP, Systems Engineering, APAC, provides recommendations for preventing breaches at healthcare payers, which are some of the most attr...

May 29, 2015

By Chad Berndtson

Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Threat Prevention, Vertical

Cyberattacks, Health Insurance, and Your Personal Data

When cybercriminals get your credit card information or financial data, the topic of cybersecurity hits really close to home, but the topic will never feel as personal as when hackers get to your health records...

Feb 18, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

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