Downtime Resilience Doesn’t Have to Cost Billions

The new HIPAA rules demand a 72-hour recovery the industry says is impossible. There’s a cheaper answer: stay running, and make the data unstealable. Hospitals are bracing for the biggest overhaul of HIPAA’s Security Rule since 2013, and most of the conversation is about the price tag. The proposed rule would mandate multi-factor authentication, encryption, […]

When the EHR Goes Down, Patients Pay the Price

A new report from Black Book Research landed with the kind of weight that should stop healthcare IT leaders in their tracks. Issued ahead of HIMSS26 Europe in Copenhagen, it surveyed 284 hospital, health system, and cybersecurity decision-makers across the continent and arrived at a conclusion about hospital cyber resilience across Europe: cyberattacks have shifted […]

When the Breach Isn’t Yours, but the Bill Is

This week’s Security Squawk drew a line through three unrelated-looking incidents and landed on the right conclusion: your attack surface is no longer just your company. It’s your software vendors, your clearinghouses, your package repositories, and your suppliers. We’d push the point one step further. If even the most security-mature organizations on earth are getting […]

Disruption of nationwide property listings

Nationwide property listings are currently experiencing disruption due to a concerning #ransomware attack on Rapattoni, a prominent MLS vendor, rendering them offline for the past 20 days. Conversations with various affected #MLS organizations have revealed a common sentiment of heightened stress, underlining the urgency of the situation. This incident serves as a stark reminder to […]

“It’s a when not an if.”

“It’s a when not an if.” This is from the executive director at National Cybersecurity Alliance discussing #healthcare hacks and how common they have become. She also stated, “The speed of technology and the speed of bad actors evolving their techniques, [means] you have to be really prepared for it to happen.” We’re seeing the […]