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Five violent incidents took place in U.S. hospitals throughout June 2022. Healthcare security leaders should examine their safety procedures to prevent workplace violence.

Healthcare cybersecurity teams can improve their network security with a three-point plan focused on prevention, detection and vigilance.

Access control, weapons detection and visitor management systems are just some of the security technologies helping to prevent healthcare workplace violence.

Cyber actors have used credential stuffing bot attacks to obtain and then resell pharmacy account details, giving unauthorized individuals access to prescription drugs.

Tenet Healthcare reported it suffered a $100 million financial impact from a cyberattack, mostly caused by lost revenues and remediation costs.

The Strengthening Cybersecurity in Medical Devices Act has been introduced in Congress — what ramifications will it have for healthcare security leaders?

The Third-Party Vendor Risk Management in Healthcare report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) provides an overview of the third-party vendor security risks healthcare organizations face.

A recent study from Northwestern Universitypredicts that the opioid crisis is far from over. Overdoses in rural and urban areas will spike all across the United States, researchers find.

For improved healthcare cybersecurity, NIST has released an updated draft of the HIPAA security rule guidance. 

To prepare for potential effects of the Roe v Wade reversal, healthcare facilities and security teams should take the necessary steps to best protect the safety and security of patients and healthcare professionals.