Healthcare breaches, including ransomware attacks, continue to increase. As a result, many healthcare organizations seeking cyber coverage to help defray the costs associated with a ransomware attack or other data incident...more
7/6/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Insurance Claims ,
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Ransomware
Cyberattacks against healthcare providers accounted for 79% of all reported data breaches in 2020. (See here). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...more
3/23/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Risk Management
As the threat of cyberattacks continues to pose daily threats to businesses large and small, more companies have turned to cyber insurance products to shore up protection against these disruptive threats. A spate of recent...more
10/28/2016
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Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Insurance Industry ,
Malware ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is responsible for guidance on medical devices, has acknowledged that certain devices are susceptible to breaches. The FDA has identified cybersecurity vulnerabilities in...more
Biometric data – obviously not in just the movies anymore. It is alive, well, and increasingly being used in our everyday society. But, on September 23, 2015, when the Office of Personnel Management revealed that fingerprint...more
10/13/2015
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Biometric Information ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
DEA ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fingerprints ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare ,
OPM ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns