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Is Your Enterprise Ready for the Coming Pandemic?

May 16, 2018

How do enterprise security professionals ensure that if the worst should happen, they can sustain their operations indefinitely to ensure the safety of those they are called to protect?

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Is Armed Security the Key to Better Hospital Safety?

How Parkview Health is employing armed security officers to secure its facilities and reduce crime

Ed Finkel

May 9, 2018

Hospitals can be dangerous places. From 2012 to 2014, healthcare institutions reported a 40 percent increase in violent crime, with more than 10,000 incidents mostly directed at employees.

IAHSS Publishes Guideline for Patient Violence Response

April 24, 2018

“Violence stemming from patients and patient visitors present considerable risk and concern to the healthcare industry. Healthcare Facilities (HCFs) should establish specific violence prevention and aggression management policies, processes and practices to deter, identify and manage violent events.”

Don’t Let Cyber Attacks Hold Your Patients Hostage

John Hesselmann

March 27, 2018

According to the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, the healthcare sector fell prey to more cyber incidents through data breaches than any other critical infrastructure area in 2015.

Representatives Seek OSHA Standard on Healthcare Workplace Violence

March 16, 2018

The Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act would direct OSHA to create a standard that would require healthcare facilities to develop and implement facility- and unit-specific workplace violence prevention plans.

Exploring the Wide-Ranging IoT Risks in Healthcare

While impacts may vary, risk mitigation strategies work in all domains.

Clyde Hewitt

March 13, 2018

In today’s world, the Internet of Things (IoT) is ubiquitous and holds great potential, but also brings security concerns. While IoT devices are being used across industries, the healthcare industry’s experiences with insecure devices provide valuable lessons to heed.

Iowa Ranks #1 on Best States Rankings

March 1, 2018

Iowa leads the nation in efforts to bring ultra-fast internet access to every city block and every rural acre.

G4S Increases Safety at Healthcare System

February 1, 2018

A local hospital system that serves more than 365,000 patients per year was facing challenges with its current security program. As one of the largest hospitals in the region with more than 4,200 employees, the hospital’s leadership team wanted to ensure that the thousands of staff, patients and visitors could enter the hospital knowing it was safely secured.

Malware Experts Predict Attacks on Medical Imaging Devices Will Increase

Kylie Bull

January 30, 2018

Malware researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) are warning medical imaging device (MID) manufacturers and healthcare providers to become more diligent in protecting medical imaging equipment from cyber threats.