cybersecurity

Nick Dougherty, managing director of MassChallenge HealthTech, is energized by all the pilots converting to broader implementation and is working on an assessment review to help innovators get over the security hurdles.

Despite the healthcare sector’s awareness of medical device flaws, many are still focused on whether a patient has been harmed. But to UC San Diego researcher, emergency medicine provider Christian Dameff, it’s more about retaining patient trust and ensure the technology doesn’t fail.

At today's Healthcare Security Forum in Boston, FDA's Dr. Suzanne Schwartz revealed that patchability forensic data capture will be key components of the agency's soon-to-be-released premarket guidance for medical device cybersecurity. 

BlackBerry' new healthcare-related security products include a blockchain system for medical data and operating system for secure medical devices. 

In a statement, Dr. Scott Gottlieb detailed his agency’s ongoing cybersecurity efforts, which include the signing of two “significant memoranda of understanding” and discussions to facilitate collaboration across government agencies.

The personal data of 2,373,764 patients was left exposed online after Hova Health, a telemedicine company based in Mexico, misconfigured a MongoDB database.

CyberMDX, a connected medical device and clinical network security firm, announced today that it has closed $10 million in Series A funding.

Toby Gouker, CISO at First Health Advisory Solutions, says the bad guys have decided to pick on the healthcare community, which means there is little time for the industry to shore up its defenses.

Medical device cybersecurity software company MedCrypt announced today that it has raised $1.

Digital health appears to be making its way onto the national stage.