The cyberthreat landscape for hospitals and other healthcare organizations is changing. Healthcare organizations continue to be the subject of attacks by hackers seeking access to patient data for resale on the black market. Even more ominous are the increasing instances of ransomware attacks, where cybercriminals literally shut down hospital operations by encrypting all of the hospital’s data until a ransom is paid.
Texas is no exception. In the past 12 months, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), in the US Department of Health & Human Services, opened investigations into 21 Texas healthcare organizations for data breaches affecting more than 437,000 individuals. In addition, the number of ransomware attacks hitting healthcare providers throughout the state has been on the rise.
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The Texas Hospital Association (THA) recognizes the need to be proactive in the face of evolving cybersecurity threats. To that end, THA is hosting the first annual Texas Healthcare Security and Technology Conference, April 19 and 20, 2018, in Austin, Texas. The conference is designed to bring together healthcare information security experts from…
