What survey reveals that 1 in 4 U.S. Consumers had a health care data breach? An Accenture survey released at HIMSS2017 in Orlando
What is the impact to health care providers? 25% changed health care providers
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Oppose a Sin Tax. Become Target of Spyware. Sodas + Hackers.
Who was targeted by hackers? Backers of Mexico’s soda tax
The hack: text messages that family members had died, with funeral information. Dark, dark stuff.
It’s dark hacktivism in repsonse to activism. Indeed there are companies that sell services in these dark arts.
NY Times | Spyware’s Odd Targets: Backers of Mexico’s Soda Tax
The #1 Reason Governments Can't Keep up with CyberSecurity
The Government cannot compete with tech companies for the employees. Money, money, money.
How data breaches break down by industry. Health Care. Government. Education. Retail.
- 9.2 % were medical sector breaches
- 51% were business sector breaches
- 23.4% unknown industry sector
- 11.7% government breaches
- 4.7% education sector breaches
Becker’s Review Health IT & CIO | Medical industry accounted for 9.2% of breaches in 2016
Lege Trend. Cyber Security + Fantasy Sports Regulations.
Massachusettes, home of the Draft Kings, passed new fantasy sports regulations.
The editorial board reactions: Fantasy Sports Regulations have no cybersecurity
The cybersecurity response from daily fantasy sports:
- fantasy sports regulations do require comapnies to have security measures
- comapnies are subejct to prosecution for not following the regulations
- the beauty of fantasy sports is that the playing information is public information
What cybersecurity experts say:
- fantasy sports…
Business Trend: Encryption via Shredding Data. Cybersecurity Standards Need Flexibility.
CryptoMove embraces a business model that replaces encryption with breaking data into pieces and moving it around.
Instead of hackers having way to your document in a garbage can, hackers have to reassemble microshredded pieces.
Beware regulators who set a standard level of encryption as a requirement. The industry changes.
Tech Crunch | Security startup CryptoMove fragments data and moves it around to keep it secure
2016. The largest health care data breach. What you need to know.
- 3.7 million patients and customers affected
- Phoenix, AZ
- Banner Health
- Hackers accessed credit card processing information + patient data information
Beckers Health IT & CIO Review | 11 of the biggest healthcare data breaches of 2016
Data Breach Legislation & Regs. Carrot & the Stick. The Stats & The Regs.
What do you need to know about data breaches?
- 93% could have been prevented according to the Internet Society Study
- breaches cost the US $500 billion per year
The carrot & the stick:
- Increase the accountability of entities that hold data
- By requiring the entities to shoulder more of the cost of a breach
- Allow these entities to offer “credible security signals to the market” to provide a benefit to the entity
AMA. 8 Principles for Mobile Health Data Protection. The Key: State laws & regulations.
- Support the establishment or continuation of a valid patient-physician relationship;
- Have a clinical evidence base to support their use in order to ensure mHealth app safety and effectiveness;
- Follow evidence-based practice guidelines, to the degree they are available, to ensure patient safety, quality of care and positive health outcomes;
- Support care delivery that is patient-centered, promotes care coordination and facilitates team-based communication;
- Support data portability and…
Growth of the Cyber Security Insurance Market in 2016. The Numbers:
- 60+ carriers offer stand-alone cyber insurance policies
- $3.25 billion in gross written premiums
- growth potential to $7.5 billion
- Cyber security breaches are the 3rd highest global business risk
- $7 million is the average cost of a breach
Insurance Information Institute | U.S. Cyber Insurance Market Grows Amid Data Breach Concerns