by amvandenhurk | Mar 2, 2021 | Cyber Risk, Cyber Security, Hacking, Healthcare Cyber Risk
How Ransomware Killed a Patient Ransomware, a form of malware to extort money, is one of the biggest cybersecurity threats to healthcare due to the sensitivity and high value of the information. In the summer of 2020, a ransomware attack on a German hospital... 
by amvandenhurk | Jul 10, 2019 | Cyber Risk, Cyber Security, Healthcare Cyber Risk
Critical infrastructure and services are systems which keep life livable from canal systems in ancient times allowing drinking water to flow in Babylonian cities to gas to heat homes on an island in Rhode Island. They are systems that cover energy, communications,... 
by amvandenhurk | Feb 21, 2019 | Healthcare Cyber Risk
It’s essential for healthcare administrators and decision makers to understand the concepts such as “the internet,” and how data is transferred both internally and externally? It is 2019, and the internet has been publicly available since 1991. It is... 
by amvandenhurk | Aug 6, 2018 | Healthcare Cyber Risk
Healthcare providers need to be aware of the negative impact. Once a healthcare data breach happens, that information is gone forever. As soon as the crime occurs, it appears on the dark web sold to the highest bidder. Consumer trust is damaged every time a data...